Forward Email · Authentication Profile

Forward Email Authentication

Authentication

Forward Email secures its APIs with http across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

Email ForwardingEmail HostingOpen SourceAPISecure Email
Methods: http Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

ApiKeyAuth http
scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-10-26'
method: derived
source: openapi/forward-email-openapi.json
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: ApiKeyAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: |-
    Use your API Key as the **username** for Basic Authentication. Leave the password field empty.

    **Example:**
    If your API Key is `YOUR_API_KEY`, the Base64 encoded value for the `Authorization` header would be `echo -n "YOUR_API_KEY:" | base64`.

    ```http
    Authorization: Basic WU9VUl9BUElfS0VZOg==
    ```
  sources:
  - openapi/forward-email-openapi.json

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