cPanel · Authentication Profile

Cpanel Authentication

Authentication

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

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

Security Schemes

BearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
BasicAuth http
scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/cpanel-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: BearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearerFormat: cPanel API Token
  description: |-
    Provide a cPanel API token using
    `Authorization: cpanel <username>:<token>` (cPanel's documented
    token header format). Standard `Authorization: Bearer` is also
    accepted by some deployments.
  sources:
  - openapi/cpanel-openapi.yml
- name: BasicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic Authentication with cPanel account credentials.
  sources:
  - openapi/cpanel-openapi.yml