MusicBrainz · Authentication Profile

Musicbrainz Authentication

Authentication

MusicBrainz 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

HTTPBasic http
scheme: basic
OAuth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/musicbrainz-web-service-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: HTTPBasic
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic authentication using MusicBrainz editor credentials. Required for
    submission and user-specific endpoints.
  sources:
  - openapi/musicbrainz-web-service-openapi.yml
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://musicbrainz.org/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://musicbrainz.org/oauth2/token
    scopes: 7
  description: OAuth 2.0 authentication via the MusicBrainz OAuth server.
  sources:
  - openapi/musicbrainz-web-service-openapi.yml