Chroma · Authentication Profile

Chroma Authentication

Authentication

Chroma secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey, http Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
tokenAuth apiKey
· in: header (X-Chroma-Token)
basicAuth http
scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/chroma-cloud-api-openapi.yml, openapi/chroma-server-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: Bearer token authentication for Chroma Cloud. Obtain tokens from the Chroma Cloud
    dashboard.
  sources:
  - openapi/chroma-cloud-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/chroma-server-api-openapi.yml
- name: tokenAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-Chroma-Token
  description: Static token authentication via the X-Chroma-Token header.
  sources:
  - openapi/chroma-server-api-openapi.yml
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic authentication using RFC 7617 with a user:password base64-encoded
    Authorization header.
  sources:
  - openapi/chroma-server-api-openapi.yml