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Engineering Platform Authentication

Authentication

APIs.io Engineering Platform secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 7 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey, http Schemes: 7 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

hmac apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)
api_email apiKey
· in: header (X-Auth-Email)
api_key apiKey
· in: header (X-Auth-Key)
api_token http
scheme: bearer
user_service_key apiKey
· in: header (X-Auth-User-Service-Key)
apiKeyHeader apiKey
· in: header (Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key)
PostmanApiKey apiKey
· in: header (x-api-key)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/aws-api-gateway-openapi-original.yml, openapi/aws-iam-openapi-original.yml,
  openapi/aws-lambda-openapi-original.yml, openapi/cloudflare-openapi-original.yml, openapi/microsoft-cognitive-news-search-openapi-original.yml,
  openapi/microsoft-cognitive-video-search-openapi-original.yml, openapi/microsoft-cognitive-web-search-openapi-original.yml,
  openapi/postman-openapi-original.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: hmac
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: Amazon Signature authorization v4
  sources:
  - openapi/aws-api-gateway-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/aws-iam-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/aws-lambda-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/postman-openapi-original.yml
- name: api_email
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-Auth-Email
  sources:
  - openapi/cloudflare-openapi-original.yml
- name: api_key
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-Auth-Key
  sources:
  - openapi/cloudflare-openapi-original.yml
- name: api_token
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  sources:
  - openapi/cloudflare-openapi-original.yml
- name: user_service_key
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-Auth-User-Service-Key
  sources:
  - openapi/cloudflare-openapi-original.yml
- name: apiKeyHeader
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-cognitive-news-search-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/microsoft-cognitive-video-search-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/microsoft-cognitive-web-search-openapi-original.yml
- name: PostmanApiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: x-api-key
  sources:
  - openapi/postman-openapi-original.yml

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