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Authentication

DEV Community secures its APIs with apiKey across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

Developer CommunityArticlesBloggingSocialContentOpen Source
Methods: apiKey Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

api-key apiKey
· in: header (api-key)

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Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/openapi.json, openapi/openapi.yaml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: api-key
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: api-key
  description: "API Key authentication.\n\nAuthentication for some endpoints, like write operations\
    \ on the\nArticles API require a DEV API key.\n\nAll authenticated endpoints are CORS disabled,\
    \ the API key is intended for non-browser scripts.\n\n### Getting an API key\n\nTo obtain\
    \ one, please follow these steps:\n\n  - visit https://dev.to/settings/extensions\n  - in\
    \ the \"DEV API Keys\" section create a new key by adding a\n  "
  sources:
  - openapi/openapi.json
  - openapi/openapi.yaml