Consensus · Authentication Profile

Consensus App Authentication

Authentication

Authentication methods for Consensus API

Consensus declares 2 security scheme(s) across its OpenAPI definitions.

AIEducationalApplication
Methods: Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

API Key apiKey
Bearer Token http-bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-10-24'
method: searched
generator: extract-docs-artifacts.py (local)
source: https://docs.consensus.app/api-quickstart-search.md
sources:
- https://docs.consensus.app/api-quickstart-search.md
- https://docs.consensus.app/api-quickstart-threads.md
- https://docs.consensus.app/mcp-tools/quickstart.md
- https://help.consensus.app/en/collections/4034444-getting-started-faqs
description: Authentication methods for Consensus API
schemes:
- type: apiKey
  name: API Key
  evidence: 'curl -G "https://api.consensus.app/v1/search" -H "x-api-key: $CONSENSUS_API_KEY" \'
  location: header
  header: x-api-key
- type: http-bearer
  name: Bearer Token
  evidence: API key as a Bearer token
  location: header
  header: Authorization
note: No OAuth2 flows or other authentication schemes are documented on the provided pages.
docs: https://docs.consensus.app/api-quickstart-search.md

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