GrowthBook · Authentication Profile

Growthbook Authentication

Authentication

GrowthBook secures its APIs with http across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: http Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http

scheme: bearer

basicAuth http

scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/growthbook-openapi.yaml
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: |-
    If using Bearer auth, pass the Secret Key as the token:
    ```bash
    curl https://api.growthbook.io/api/v1/features   -H "Authorization: Bearer secret_abc123DEF456"
    ```
  sources:
  - openapi/growthbook-openapi.yaml
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: |-
    If using HTTP Basic auth, pass the Secret Key as the username and leave the password blank:
    ```bash
    curl https://api.growthbook.io/api/v1/features   -u secret_abc123DEF456:
    # The ":" at the end stops curl from asking for a password
    ```
  sources:
  - openapi/growthbook-openapi.yaml