Mastodon Instances · Authentication Profile

Mastodon Instances Authentication

Authentication

Mastodon Instances secures its APIs with http across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

FediverseMastodonSearchSocial
Methods: http Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

BearerAuth http
scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/mastodon-instances-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: BearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: |-
    API token obtained from https://instances.social/api/token,
    passed as `Authorization: Bearer {token}`.
  sources:
  - openapi/mastodon-instances-openapi.yml