Atlassian · Authentication Profile

Atlassian Authentication

Authentication

Atlassian secures its APIs with apiKey, http, and oauth2 across 5 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

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Methods: apiKey, http, oauth2 Schemes: 5 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in: header

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http

scheme: bearer

oauth2 oauth2

· flows: authorizationCode

bearerHttpAuthentication http

scheme: Bearer

basic http

scheme: basic

api_key apiKey

· in: header (Authorization)

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/atlassian-admin-api-openapi.yml, openapi/atlassian-bitbucket-hook-events-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/atlassian-bitbucket-pull-requests-api-openapi.yml, openapi/atlassian-bitbucket-repositories-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/atlassian-bitbucket-teams-api-openapi.yml, openapi/atlassian-bitbucket-user-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/atlassian-confluence-audit-api-openapi.yml, openapi/atlassian-confluence-connect-app-module-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/atlassian-confluence-content-api-openapi.yml, openapi/bitbucket-openapi-original.yml,
  openapi/confluence-openapi-original.yml, openapi/jira-openapi-original.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearerFormat: API Key
  description: Use an Atlassian API key as a Bearer token. Create API keys at https://admin.atlassian.com.
  sources:
  - openapi/atlassian-admin-api-openapi.yml
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://auth.atlassian.com/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://auth.atlassian.com/oauth/token
    scopes: 7
  description: OAuth 2.0 authorization for Atlassian Cloud APIs.
  sources:
  - openapi/atlassian-admin-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/bitbucket-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/confluence-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/jira-openapi-original.yml
- name: bearerHttpAuthentication
  type: http
  scheme: Bearer
  description: Bearer Token
  sources:
  - openapi/atlassian-bitbucket-hook-events-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/atlassian-bitbucket-pull-requests-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/atlassian-bitbucket-repositories-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/atlassian-bitbucket-teams-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/atlassian-bitbucket-user-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/atlassian-confluence-audit-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/atlassian-confluence-connect-app-module-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/atlassian-confluence-content-api-openapi.yml
- name: basic
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: Basic HTTP Authentication as per [RFC-2617](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617)
    (Digest not supported). Note that Basic Auth is available only with username and app password
    as credentials.
  sources:
  - openapi/bitbucket-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/confluence-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/jira-openapi-original.yml
- name: api_key
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: API Keys can be used as Basic HTTP Authentication credentials and provide a substitute
    for the account's actual username and password. API Keys are only available to team accounts
    and there is only 1 key per account. API Keys do not support scopes and have therefore access
    to all contents of the account.
  sources:
  - openapi/bitbucket-openapi-original.yml

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