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Databento Authentication

Authentication

Databento 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 password flow(s).

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: password API key in:

Security Schemes

apiKeyBasicAuth http
scheme: basic
OAuth2PasswordBearerWithCookie oauth2
· flows: password

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-22'
method: searched
source: openapi/databento-batch-api-openapi.yml, openapi/databento-metadata-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/databento-platform-openapi-official.json, openapi/databento-reference-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/databento-symbology-api-openapi.yml, openapi/databento-timeseries-api-openapi.yml
docs: https://databento.com/docs/api-reference-historical/basics/authentication
notes: >-
  All HTTP (historical/reference) requests authenticate with HTTP Basic: the
  Databento API key (32 characters, prefixed db-) is the username and the
  password is left empty. API keys are created and rotated in the user portal.
  The Live Streaming API (raw TCP, DBN protocol) does not use HTTP Basic;
  sessions authenticate with a CRAM challenge-response handshake using the same
  API key (docs: https://databento.com/docs/api-reference-live/basics/authentication).
  The OAuth2 password flow below (tokenUrl /v0/auth/login) is the portal's own
  cookie/session login exposed in the platform OpenAPI, not a public OAuth
  surface for API consumers - it defines no scopes.
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - password
schemes:
- name: apiKeyBasicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic authentication. Supply your Databento API key (prefixed with db-)
    as the username and leave the password empty.
  sources:
  - openapi/databento-batch-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/databento-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/databento-platform-openapi-official.json
  - openapi/databento-reference-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/databento-symbology-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/databento-timeseries-api-openapi.yml
- name: OAuth2PasswordBearerWithCookie
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: /v0/auth/login
    scopes: 0
  sources:
  - openapi/databento-platform-openapi-official.json