IPinfo · Authentication Profile

Ipinfo Authentication

Authentication

IPinfo secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey, http Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: API key in: query

Security Schemes

BasicAuth http
scheme: basic
BearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
ApiKeyAuth apiKey
· in: query (token)

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: openapi/ipinfo-openapi.yml
docs: https://ipinfo.io/developers#authentication
note: >-
  IPinfo uses a single access token accepted three ways, all documented: HTTP
  Basic Auth (token as username, empty password), Bearer token in the
  Authorization header, and a ?token= query parameter. There is no OAuth or
  scope system.
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - query
schemes:
- name: BasicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  sources:
  - openapi/ipinfo-openapi.yml
- name: BearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  sources:
  - openapi/ipinfo-openapi.yml
- name: ApiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: token
  sources:
  - openapi/ipinfo-openapi.yml