Discord · Authentication Profile

Discord Authentication

Authentication

Discord 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, clientCredentials, and implicit flow(s).

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

Security Schemes

BotToken http
scheme: bearer
BotToken apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)
OAuth2 oauth2
· flows: implicit, clientCredentials, authorizationCode
OAuth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/discord-interactions-api-openapi.yml, openapi/discord-linked-roles-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/discord-oauth2-api-openapi.yml, openapi/discord-openapi-original.yml, openapi/discord-rest-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
  - implicit
schemes:
- name: BotToken
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: Bot token authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/discord-interactions-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/discord-linked-roles-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/discord-oauth2-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/discord-rest-api-openapi.yml
- name: BotToken
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: Discord bot token
  sources:
  - openapi/discord-openapi-original.yml
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: implicit
    authorizationUrl: discord.com/oauth2/authorize
    scopes: 31
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://discord.com/api/oauth2/token
    scopes: 32
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: discord.com/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://discord.com/api/oauth2/token
    scopes: 32
  sources:
  - openapi/discord-openapi-original.yml
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://discord.com/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://discord.com/api/v10/oauth2/token
    scopes: 8
  sources:
  - openapi/discord-rest-api-openapi.yml