Express Gateway · Authentication Profile

Express Gateway Authentication

Authentication

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

API CompositionAPI GatewayBFF
Methods: apiKey Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

KeyAuth apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/express-gateway-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: KeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: |-
    When the Admin API is fronted by Express Gateway with key-auth,
    send "Authorization: apikey {keyId}:{keySecret}".
  sources:
  - openapi/express-gateway-openapi.yml