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Cognism Authentication

Authentication

Cognism 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: query

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
apiKeyQuery apiKey
· in: query (api_key)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-08-13'
method: derived
source: openapi/cognism-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - query
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: 'API token issued in the Cognism app under Settings > Tokens and API. Sent as
    `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. Tokens have a time-to-live of 6 months.'
  sources:
  - openapi/cognism-api-openapi.yml
- name: apiKeyQuery
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: api_key
  description: Alternative to the Authorization header. Cognism documents it but recommends
    the header instead, as the query string is less secure.
  sources:
  - openapi/cognism-api-openapi.yml