Amazon Rekognition · Authentication Profile

Amazon Rekognition Authentication

Authentication

Amazon Rekognition authorizes requests with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). Every call must be signed with AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4) using the caller's access key / temporary credentials; the OpenAPI models this as an apiKey scheme on the Authorization header. Fine-grained authorization is controlled by IAM policies (e.g. AmazonRekognitionFullAccess, AmazonRekognitionReadOnlyAccess) and rekognition:* actions.

Amazon Rekognition secures its APIs with apiKey across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

aws_signature apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: openapi/amazon-rekognition-openapi.yml
docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/dg/security_iam_service-with-iam.html
description: >-
  Amazon Rekognition authorizes requests with AWS Identity and Access Management
  (IAM). Every call must be signed with AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4) using the
  caller's access key / temporary credentials; the OpenAPI models this as an
  apiKey scheme on the Authorization header. Fine-grained authorization is
  controlled by IAM policies (e.g. AmazonRekognitionFullAccess,
  AmazonRekognitionReadOnlyAccess) and rekognition:* actions.
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
  authorization: AWS IAM (SigV4)
schemes:
- name: aws_signature
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: AWS Signature Version 4. Include the Authorization header with AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
    signature computed from AWS IAM credentials.
  sources:
  - openapi/amazon-rekognition-openapi.yml
iam:
  managed_policies:
    - AmazonRekognitionFullAccess
    - AmazonRekognitionReadOnlyAccess
    - AmazonRekognitionCustomLabelsFullAccess
  action_prefix: "rekognition:"
  docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/dg/security-iam-awsmanpol.html

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