contentstack · Authentication Profile

Contentstack Authentication

Authentication

contentstack secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 5 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

Methods: apiKey, http Schemes: 5 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
authtokenAuth apiKey
· in: header (authtoken)
apiKey apiKey
· in: header (api_key)
deliveryToken apiKey
· in: header (access_token)
managementTokenAuth apiKey
· in: header (authorization)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/contentstack-analytics-api-openapi.yml, openapi/contentstack-automate-management-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/contentstack-brand-kit-management-api-openapi.yml, openapi/contentstack-content-delivery-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/contentstack-content-management-api-openapi.yml, openapi/contentstack-generative-ai-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/contentstack-knowledge-vault-api-openapi.yml, openapi/contentstack-launch-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/contentstack-personalize-management-api-openapi.yml, openapi/contentstack-scim-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: OAuth 2.0 Bearer token (M2M) with analytics access.
  sources:
  - openapi/contentstack-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-automate-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-brand-kit-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-generative-ai-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-knowledge-vault-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-launch-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-personalize-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-scim-api-openapi.yml
- name: authtokenAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: authtoken
  description: Contentstack user authtoken. Only organization Owners and Admins can access analytics.
  sources:
  - openapi/contentstack-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-automate-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-brand-kit-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-content-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-generative-ai-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-knowledge-vault-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-launch-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/contentstack-personalize-management-api-openapi.yml
- name: apiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: api_key
  description: The API key for the Contentstack stack.
  sources:
  - openapi/contentstack-content-delivery-api-openapi.yml
- name: deliveryToken
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: access_token
  description: The delivery token granting read access to the stack environment.
  sources:
  - openapi/contentstack-content-delivery-api-openapi.yml
- name: managementTokenAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: authorization
  description: Management token in the format "Bearer {management_token}" for server-to-server
    authentication without user sessions.
  sources:
  - openapi/contentstack-content-management-api-openapi.yml