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Authentication

Artsy 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

XappToken apiKey
· in: header (X-Xapp-Token)

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Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: openapi/art-openapi.yml
docs: https://developers.artsy.net/v2/docs/authentication
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
  model: xapp-token
  token_endpoint: https://api.artsy.net/api/tokens/xapp_token
  grant: client_credentials
  notes: >-
    Register an application at developers.artsy.net to obtain a client_id and client_secret,
    then POST them (form-urlencoded or JSON) to /tokens/xapp_token to receive an xapp_token
    with an expires_at. Send the token in the X-Xapp-Token header on subsequent requests.
    This is anonymous application-level access; a separate access_token flow exists for
    user-scoped access.
schemes:
- name: XappToken
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-Xapp-Token
  description: Application-level token obtained from POST /tokens/xapp_token by exchanging client_id
    and client_secret. Sent in the X-Xapp-Token request header.
  sources:
  - openapi/art-openapi.yml

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