FRED · Authentication Profile

Fred Authentication

Authentication

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

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Methods: apiKey Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in: query

Security Schemes

ApiKeyAuth apiKey
· in: query (api_key)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/fred-geofred-openapi.yml, openapi/fred-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - query
schemes:
- name: ApiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: api_key
  description: 32-character lower-case alphanumeric FRED API key (same key used for the FRED
    API).
  sources:
  - openapi/fred-geofred-openapi.yml
  - openapi/fred-openapi.yml