IBM API Connect · Authentication Profile

Ibm Api Connect Authentication

Authentication

IBM API Connect secures its APIs with apiKey and oauth2 across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode, clientCredentials, implicit, and password flow(s).

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Methods: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, clientCredentials, implicit, password API key in: header

Security Schemes

oauth oauth2
· flows: password, authorizationCode
oauth oauth2
· flows: implicit, password, clientCredentials, authorizationCode
clientID apiKey
· in: header (X-IBM-Client-Id)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-10-29'
method: derived
source: openapi/ibm-api-connect-ai-assets-api-openapi.yml, openapi/ibm-api-connect-analytics-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/ibm-api-connect-application-strategy-management-api-openapi.yml, openapi/ibm-api-connect-billing-management-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/ibm-api-connect-catalog-management-api-openapi.yml, openapi/ibm-api-connect-catalog-resource-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/ibm-api-connect-catalog-resources-api-openapi.yml, openapi/ibm-api-connect-catalog-settings-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/ibm-api-connect-cloud-management-api-openapi.yml, openapi/ibm-api-connect-cloud-settings-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/ibm-api-connect-compliance-api-openapi.yml, openapi/ibm-api-connect-consumer-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  ...
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
  - implicit
  - password
schemes:
- name: oauth
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: /token
    scopes: 6
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: /oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: /token
    scopes: 6
  sources:
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-ai-assets-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-billing-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-consumer-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-organization-application-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-portal-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-products-and-apis-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-settings-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-user-api-openapi.yml
- name: oauth
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: implicit
    authorizationUrl: https://apimserver.example.com/api/oauth2/authorize
    scopes: 1
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: https://apimserver.example.com/api/token
    scopes: 1
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://apimserver.example.com/api/token
    scopes: 1
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://apimserver.example.com/api/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://apimserver.example.com/api/token
    scopes: 1
  description: API Manager API Token at either Cloud Admin or Provider scope as appropriate
    for each operation as defined by the x-auth-token attribute.
  sources:
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-application-strategy-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-catalog-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-catalog-resource-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-catalog-resources-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-catalog-settings-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-cloud-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-cloud-settings-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-compliance-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-consumer-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-data-sources-and-collectors-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-datapower-nano-gateway-api-porting-advisor-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-discovery-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-drafts-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-engagement-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-logging-specification-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-my-resources-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-oauth2-action-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-org-settings-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-organization-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-organization-resources-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-organization-settings-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-plans-and-quotas-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-project-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-provider-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-reconstructed-apis-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-resource-service-status-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-rulesets-and-rules-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-space-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-space-resource-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-space-resources-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-space-settings-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-user-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-validation-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ibm-api-connect-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
- name: clientID
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-IBM-Client-Id
  sources:
  - openapi/sample-orders-api.yaml

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