Handshake · Authentication Profile

Handshake Authentication

Authentication

Handshake 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: header

Security Schemes

x-api-key apiKey

· in: header ()

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/31061076506391-Getting-Started-with-EDU-API
docs: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/sections/31055822163351-API
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows: []
schemes:
- name: x-api-key
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter_name: x-api-key
  description: >-
    Every EDU API request must send an x-api-key header carrying the institution's API
    key. Keys are issued and managed from the Handshake Developer Portal
    (edu-api.joinhandshake.com) in the Subscriptions section. A regenerated key must be
    enabled by the Handshake Technical Support team before it will authenticate.
  sources:
  - docs
notes: >-
  EDU API access is institution-scoped and read-only, currently in beta, and gated to
  Career Services partners (request access via your Handshake Relationship Manager). No
  public OpenAPI is published, so this profile is captured from the developer
  documentation rather than derived from a spec. The developer portal also references an
  OAuth playground and GraphQL/API explorer surfaces available to authenticated partners.

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