Credly · Authentication Profile

Credly Authentication

Authentication

Credly secures its APIs with http and oauth2 across 2 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: 2 OAuth flows: clientCredentials API key in:

Security Schemes

basicAuth http
scheme: basic
oauth2 oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/credly-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic Authentication using the organization's authorization_token as the
    username and a blank password.
  sources:
  - openapi/credly-openapi.yml
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://api.credly.com/oauth/token
    scopes: 3
  description: OAuth 2.0 client_credentials grant. Tokens are short-lived (2 hours) and sent
    as a Bearer token.
  sources:
  - openapi/credly-openapi.yml