ID.me · Authentication Profile

Idme Authentication

Authentication

ID.me secures its APIs with oauth2 and openIdConnect across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

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Methods: oauth2, openIdConnect Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in:

Security Schemes

OpenIDConnect openIdConnect

OAuth2 oauth2

· flows: authorizationCode

ServicesApiBearer http

scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://docs.id.me/guides/oidc/overview
docs: https://docs.id.me/guides/open-id-connect/configuration
oidc_issuer: https://api.id.me/oidc
discovery: https://api.id.me/oidc/.well-known/openid-configuration
summary:
  types: [oauth2, openIdConnect]
  oauth2_flows: [authorizationCode]
  pkce: true
  token_endpoint_auth_methods: [client_secret_post, client_secret_basic]
schemes:
- name: OpenIDConnect
  type: openIdConnect
  openIdConnectUrl: https://api.id.me/oidc/.well-known/openid-configuration
  issuer: https://api.id.me/oidc
  sources: [well-known/idme-openid-configuration.json]
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://api.id.me/oauth/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://api.id.me/oauth/token
    userinfoUrl: https://api.id.me/api/public/v3/userinfo
    jwksUrl: https://api.id.me/oidc/.well-known/jwks
    pkce: true
    refresh_token: true
  sources: [well-known/idme-openid-configuration.json]
- name: ServicesApiBearer
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: >-
    ID.me Services API uses a Base64-encoded account secret sent as
    "Authorization: Bearer ID.me {token}".
  applies_to: https://services.idmelabs.com
  sources: [https://docs.id.me/services-api-overview]
token_details:
  id_token_signing_alg: [RS256, ES256]
  id_token_encryption_alg: [RSA-OAEP]
  id_token_encryption_enc: [A256CBC-HS512]
  userinfo_signing_alg: [RS256, ES256]
notes: >-
  Also supports SAML 2.0 federation for IAM platforms (Okta, Keycloak, Microsoft
  Entra External ID, PingOne, AWS Cognito). See docs.id.me/guides/saml/overview.

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