Freedom of Information Act · Authentication Profile

Freedom Of Information Act Authentication

Authentication

Freedom of Information Act secures its APIs with apiKey across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

Federal GovernmentFOIATransparency
Methods: apiKey Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

ApiKey apiKey
· in: header (X-API-Key)
SharedSecret apiKey
· in: header (FOIA-API-SECRET)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/freedom-of-information-act-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: ApiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-API-Key
  description: API key for FOIA.gov public APIs.
  sources:
  - openapi/freedom-of-information-act-openapi.yml
- name: SharedSecret
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: FOIA-API-SECRET
  description: Shared secret token between Portal and agency.
  sources:
  - openapi/freedom-of-information-act-openapi.yml