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Authentication

Healthdirect Australia secures its APIs with oauth2 and apiKey across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the clientCredentials flow(s).

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Methods: oauth2, apiKey Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: clientCredentials API key in: header

Security Schemes

oauth2ClientCredentials oauth2
apiKey apiKey
· in: header ()

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-24'
method: searched
source: collections/nhsd-developers-portal.postman_collection.json + NHSD Developer Guide
docs: https://about.healthdirect.gov.au/what-we-do/portfolio/nhsd/integration-hub/documentation
summary:
  types: [oauth2, apiKey]
  api_key_in: [header]
  oauth2_flows: [clientCredentials]
  note: >-
    Dual credential model — every NHSD FHIR request carries BOTH an OAuth 2.0
    bearer access token AND a static x-api-key header. This is a system-to-system
    provider-directory API; there is no SMART-on-FHIR user/patient authorization
    (no patient/*.read or system/*.rw scopes documented).
schemes:
- name: oauth2ClientCredentials
  type: oauth2
  flow: clientCredentials
  tokenUrl: https://iam.int.nhsd.healthdirect.org.au/iam/oauth/token
  token_url_note: Integrator test environment; production IAM host mirrors this path.
  grant_params: [grant_type=client_credentials, client_id, client_secret]
  request_content_type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
  token_response_field: accessToken
  token_use: 'Sent as Authorization: Bearer <accessToken> on FHIR requests.'
  scopes: []
  sources: [collections/nhsd-developers-portal.postman_collection.json]
- name: apiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter_name: x-api-key
  applies_to: [token request, all FHIR resource requests]
  sources: [collections/nhsd-developers-portal.postman_collection.json]
onboarding:
  gated: true
  note: >-
    Client credentials and API key are issued only after a formal onboarding —
    a connection request for the Integrator Test Environment, production
    registration, and an executed NHSD Agreement (~8 steps, ~3 months).
  request_url: https://healthdirect-serviceline.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/3/group/12/create/44