Lithium Technologies Authentication

generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://developer.khoros.com/khorosmarketingdevdocs/docs/getting-started-with-the-conversations-api
docs: https://developer.khoros.com/
notes: >-
  Derived-from-OpenAPI was not possible — Khoros publishes no machine-readable OpenAPI. This profile is
  read directly from the public developer documentation. The five Khoros surfaces do not share one auth
  model: Marketing is OAuth 2.0, Care is HTTP Basic plus a bearer token, and the Communities surfaces
  use portal-issued API app credentials.
summary:
  types:
  - oauth2
  - http
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  http_schemes:
  - basic
  - bearer
  api_key_in: []
schemes:
- name: MarketingOAuth2
  api: Khoros Marketing Conversations API
  type: oauth2
  flow: authorizationCode
  description: >-
    3-legged OAuth 2.0. The documented sequence is a call to `/authorize`, then `/grant`, then `/token`,
    which returns an `accessToken` presented on subsequent calls as `Authorization: Bearer <accessToken>`.
  token_lifetime: 2 years
  token_notes: >-
    The access token persists across the user's password changes and can be revoked at any time from
    Profile Settings.
  base_url: https://api.spredfast.com/v2
  docs: https://developer.khoros.com/khorosmarketingdevdocs/docs/getting-started-with-the-conversations-api
  source: https://developer.khoros.com/khorosmarketingdevdocs/docs/getting-started-with-the-conversations-api
- name: CareBasicAuth
  api: Khoros Care APIs
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: >-
    HTTP Basic authentication via the Authorization header, used for all Khoros Care API calls outside
    the Automation Framework. Khoros recommends creating a single distinct user account per project.
  docs: https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscaredevdocs/docs/khoros-care-integration-overview
  source: https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscaredevdocs/docs/khoros-care-integration-overview
- name: CareAutomationBearer
  api: Khoros Care APIs
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: >-
    Bearer token used by the Khoros Care Automation Framework. The token is created by a permissioned
    user with Basic Auth and is refreshable.
  token_lifetime: 90 days
  docs: https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscaredevdocs/docs/khoros-care-integration-overview
  source: https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscaredevdocs/docs/khoros-care-integration-overview
- name: AuroraApiApps
  api: Khoros Communities Aurora GraphQL API
  type: apiKey
  description: >-
    Aurora API credentials are generated through "API Apps" in the community admin. The credential
    detail page is gated behind the Khoros community login, so the exact header/parameter placement is
    not recorded here rather than guessed.
  docs: https://developer.khoros.com/khorosauroradevdocs/docs/generating-api-credentials-with-api-apps
  source: https://developer.khoros.com/khorosauroradevdocs/docs/generating-api-credentials-with-api-apps
  status: partial — credential placement not publicly documented
scopes: none documented publicly