InfluxData · Authentication Profile

Influxdata Authentication

Authentication

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

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

Security Schemes

TokenAuthentication apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)
BasicAuthentication http
scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-19'
method: derived
source: openapi/influxdata-cloud-openapi-original.yml, openapi/influxdata-oss-openapi-original.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: TokenAuthentication
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: |-
    Use the [Token authentication](#section/Authentication/TokenAuthentication)
    scheme to authenticate to the InfluxDB API.

    In your API requests, send an `Authorization` header.
    For the header value, provide the word `Token` followed by a space and an InfluxDB API token.
    The word `Token` is case-sensitive.

    ### Syntax

    `Authorization: Token INFLUX_API_TOKEN`

    ### Example

    #### Use Token authenticatio
  sources:
  - openapi/influxdata-cloud-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/influxdata-oss-openapi-original.yml
- name: BasicAuthentication
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: |-
    ### Basic authentication scheme

    Use the HTTP Basic authentication scheme for InfluxDB `/api/v2` API operations that support it:

    ### Syntax

    `Authorization: Basic [example key]`

    To construct the `BASE64_ENCODED_CREDENTIALS`, combine the username and
    the password with a colon (`USERNAME:PASSWORD`), and then encode the
    resulting string in [base64](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/d
  sources:
  - openapi/influxdata-cloud-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/influxdata-oss-openapi-original.yml