Esri · Authentication Profile

Esri Authentication

Authentication

Esri secures its APIs with apiKey and oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode and clientCredentials flow(s).

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Methods: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, clientCredentials API key in: query

Security Schemes

apiKeyAuth apiKey
· in: query (token)
oauth2 oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials, authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/esri-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - query
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: apiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: token
  description: 'ArcGIS Platform API key or access token passed as the `token` query parameter
    (or `Authorization: Bearer <token>` header on REST services).'
  sources:
  - openapi/esri-openapi.yml
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/oauth2/token
    scopes: 0
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/oauth2/token
    scopes: 0
  sources:
  - openapi/esri-openapi.yml