Circle · Authentication Profile

Circle Community Authentication

Authentication

Circle secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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

Security Schemes

tokenAuth apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)
bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/circle-community-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: tokenAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: Admin API token in the format "Token AUTH_TOKEN". Community admins generate the
    token on the Developers -> Tokens page.
  sources:
  - openapi/circle-community-openapi.yml
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: Member-scoped JWT access token from /api/v1/headless/auth_token in the format
    "Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN". Expires after one hour.
  sources:
  - openapi/circle-community-openapi.yml