Drupal · Authentication Profile

Drupal Authentication

Authentication

Drupal secures its APIs with apiKey, http, and oauth2 across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

Methods: apiKey, http, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in: cookie

Security Schemes

basicAuth http

scheme: basic

cookieAuth apiKey

· in: cookie (SESS)

oAuth2 oauth2

· flows: authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/drupal-jsonapi-openapi.yml, openapi/drupal-rest-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - cookie
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic Authentication using Drupal username and password.
  sources:
  - openapi/drupal-jsonapi-openapi.yml
  - openapi/drupal-rest-api-openapi.yml
- name: cookieAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: cookie
  parameter: SESS
  description: Cookie-based session authentication obtained via Drupal login.
  sources:
  - openapi/drupal-jsonapi-openapi.yml
  - openapi/drupal-rest-api-openapi.yml
- name: oAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://example.com/oauth/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://example.com/oauth/token
    scopes: 2
  description: OAuth 2.0 via the Simple OAuth module.
  sources:
  - openapi/drupal-jsonapi-openapi.yml
  - openapi/drupal-rest-api-openapi.yml

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