CurrencyAPI · Authentication Profile

Currencyapi Authentication

Authentication

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

Foreign ExchangeCurrencyExchange RatesFXCurrency ConversionFinancial Data
Methods: apiKey Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in: header, query

Security Schemes

apiKeyHeader apiKey
· in: header (apikey)
apiKeyQuery apiKey
· in: query (apikey)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/currencyapi-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
  - query
schemes:
- name: apiKeyHeader
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: apikey
  description: API key passed as an HTTP header (recommended).
  sources:
  - openapi/currencyapi-openapi.yml
- name: apiKeyQuery
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: apikey
  description: API key passed as a query parameter (may expose the key in access logs).
  sources:
  - openapi/currencyapi-openapi.yml