Azure Cosmos DB · Authentication Profile

Azure Cosmos Db Authentication

Authentication

Azure Cosmos DB secures its APIs with apiKey and oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the clientCredentials flow(s).

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Methods: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: clientCredentials API key in: header

Security Schemes

cosmosAuth apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)
entra oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/azure-cosmos-db-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: cosmosAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: |-
    Cosmos DB master-key or resource-token HMAC signature. Format:
    `type=master&ver=1.0&sig=<base64-hmac-sha256>` (URL-encoded).
    See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cosmos-db/access-control-on-cosmosdb-resources
  sources:
  - openapi/azure-cosmos-db-openapi.yml
- name: entra
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token
    scopes: 1
  description: Microsoft Entra ID OAuth 2.0 bearer token
  sources:
  - openapi/azure-cosmos-db-openapi.yml