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Datadog Authentication

Authentication

Datadog secures its APIs with apiKey, http, and oauth2 across 4 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

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Methods: apiKey, http, oauth2 Schemes: 4 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in: header

Security Schemes

AuthZ oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode
apiKeyAuth apiKey
· in: header (DD-API-KEY)
appKeyAuth apiKey
· in: header (DD-APPLICATION-KEY)
bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/datadog-api-openapi.yml, openapi/datadog-events-openapi.yml, openapi/datadog-incidents-openapi.yml,
  openapi/datadog-logs-openapi.yml, openapi/datadog-metrics-openapi.yml, openapi/datadog-monitors-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: AuthZ
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: /oauth2/v1/authorize
    tokenUrl: /oauth2/v1/token
    scopes: 68
  description: This API uses OAuth 2 with the implicit grant flow.
  sources:
  - openapi/datadog-api-openapi.yml
- name: apiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: DD-API-KEY
  description: Your Datadog API Key.
  sources:
  - openapi/datadog-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/datadog-events-openapi.yml
  - openapi/datadog-incidents-openapi.yml
  - openapi/datadog-logs-openapi.yml
  - openapi/datadog-metrics-openapi.yml
  - openapi/datadog-monitors-openapi.yml
- name: appKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: DD-APPLICATION-KEY
  description: Your Datadog APP Key.
  sources:
  - openapi/datadog-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/datadog-incidents-openapi.yml
  - openapi/datadog-monitors-openapi.yml
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  sources:
  - openapi/datadog-api-openapi.yml