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Instructure Authentication

Authentication

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

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in:

Security Schemes

oauth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode
bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/instructure-canvas-lti-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://{canvas_domain}/login/oauth2/auth
    tokenUrl: https://{canvas_domain}/login/oauth2/token
    scopes: 0
  description: OAuth 2.0 authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/instructure-canvas-lti-openapi.yml
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: Bearer token (access token)
  sources:
  - openapi/instructure-canvas-lti-openapi.yml