Confluent · Authentication Profile

Confluent Authentication

Authentication

Confluent secures its APIs with http and oauth2 across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the clientCredentials flow(s).

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: clientCredentials API key in:

Security Schemes

basicAuth http
scheme: basic
bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
confluent-sts-access-token oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-08-27'
method: derived
source: openapi/confluent-acls-api-openapi.yml, openapi/confluent-api-keys-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/confluent-cloud-openapi.yaml, openapi/confluent-clusters-api-openapi.yml, openapi/confluent-consumer-groups-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/confluent-environments-api-openapi.yml, openapi/confluent-partitions-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/confluent-service-accounts-api-openapi.yml, openapi/confluent-topics-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic authentication using a Confluent Cloud API key (ID:secret)
  sources:
  - openapi/confluent-acls-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-api-keys-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-cloud-openapi.yaml
  - openapi/confluent-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-consumer-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-environments-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-partitions-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-service-accounts-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-topics-api-openapi.yml
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearerFormat: JWT
  description: OAuth 2.0 bearer token (Confluent STS, external OAuth, or partner token)
  sources:
  - openapi/confluent-acls-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-api-keys-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-consumer-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-environments-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-partitions-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-service-accounts-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/confluent-topics-api-openapi.yml
- name: confluent-sts-access-token
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://api.confluent.cloud/sts/v1/oauth2/token
    scopes: 0
  description: Authenticate with Confluent API using this credentials (JSON Web Tokens) following
    OAuth 2.0.
  sources:
  - openapi/confluent-cloud-openapi.yaml

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