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Google Authentication

Authentication

Google secures its APIs with apiKey, http, and oauth2 across 4 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode and implicit flow(s).

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Methods: apiKey, http, oauth2 Schemes: 4 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, implicit API key in: header

Security Schemes

OAuth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode
oauth2Auth http
scheme: oauth2
Oauth2 oauth2
· flows: implicit
ApiKeyHeader apiKey
· in: header (x-goog-api-key)

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/books-api-openapi.yml, openapi/google-calendar-api-openapi.yml, openapi/google-docs-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/google-drive-activity-api-openapi.yml, openapi/google-drive-api-openapi.yml, openapi/google-drive-labels-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/google-gemini-api-openapi.yml, openapi/google-gmail-api-openapi.yml, openapi/google-sheets-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - implicit
schemes:
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth
    tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
    scopes: 1
  description: OAuth 2.0 authentication for Google Books API
  sources:
  - openapi/books-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/google-docs-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/google-drive-activity-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/google-drive-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/google-drive-labels-api-openapi.yml
- name: oauth2Auth
  type: http
  scheme: oauth2
  sources:
  - openapi/google-calendar-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/google-gmail-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/google-sheets-api-openapi.yml
- name: Oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: implicit
    authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
    scopes: 5
  description: Oauth 2.0 implicit authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/google-docs-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/google-drive-activity-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/google-drive-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/google-drive-labels-api-openapi.yml
- name: ApiKeyHeader
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: x-goog-api-key
  description: API key for authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/google-gemini-api-openapi.yml