Counter · Authentication Profile

Counter Dev Authentication

Authentication

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

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Methods: apiKey Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in: cookie, query

Security Schemes

sessionCookie apiKey
· in: cookie (session)
apiToken apiKey
· in: query (token)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-08-13'
method: derived
source: openapi/counter-dev-account-api-openapi.yml, openapi/counter-dev-stats-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/counter-dev-tracking-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - cookie
  - query
schemes:
- name: sessionCookie
  type: apiKey
  in: cookie
  parameter: session
  description: Session cookie set on login/register, used by the dashboard UI.
  sources:
  - openapi/counter-dev-account-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/counter-dev-stats-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/counter-dev-tracking-api-openapi.yml
- name: apiToken
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: token
  description: Read-only account token, paired with the user query parameter, for sessionless
    access to /query and /dump.
  sources:
  - openapi/counter-dev-account-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/counter-dev-stats-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/counter-dev-tracking-api-openapi.yml

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