Beam Checkout · Authentication Profile

Beam Checkout Authentication

Authentication

Beam Checkout secures its APIs with http across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

CompanyFinancial-ServicesPaymentsCheckoutCard PaymentsWebhookThailandFintech

Methods: http Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: API key in: authorization-header

Security Schemes

MerchantApiKey http

scheme: basic

PartnerApiKey http

scheme: basic

PublishableKey http

scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: https://docs.beamcheckout.com/get-started/authentication
docs: https://docs.beamcheckout.com/get-started/authentication
summary:
  types: [http]
  http_scheme: basic
  api_key_in: [authorization-header]
  oauth2_flows: []
  note: >-
    Beam uses HTTP Basic authentication for all API keys. Credentials are the
    base64 encoding of merchantId:apiKey sent in the Authorization header.
    Playground and Production keys are separate and cannot be used interchangeably.
schemes:
  - name: MerchantApiKey
    type: http
    scheme: basic
    usage: server-side requests
    username: merchantId
    password: merchant API key
    base_url: https://api.beamcheckout.com/api/v1/
    managed_in: Lighthouse dashboard (Developers section)
    header: 'Authorization: Basic base64(merchantId:apiKey)'
  - name: PartnerApiKey
    type: http
    scheme: basic
    usage: server-side requests by partners on behalf of merchants
    username: merchantId
    password: partner API key
    additional_header: 'X-Beam-Partner-ID: {partnerId}'
    base_url: https://api.beamcheckout.com/api/v1/
    managed_in: Bridge (Merchants > API Keys)
  - name: PublishableKey
    type: http
    scheme: basic
    usage: client-side requests to /client endpoints (e.g. card tokenization)
    username: merchantId
    password: publishable key
    base_url: https://api.beamcheckout.com/client/v1/
    note: publishable key is safe to be shared client-side
environments:
  - name: playground
    base_url: https://playground.api.beamcheckout.com
  - name: production
    base_url: https://api.beamcheckout.com

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