National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) · Authentication Profile

Ncbi Authentication

Authentication

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) secures its APIs with apiKey across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in: header, query

Security Schemes

ApiKeyAuth apiKey
· in: query (api_key)
ApiKeyAuthHeader apiKey
· in: header (api-key)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/ncbi-datasets-api.yaml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
  - query
schemes:
- name: ApiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: api_key
  sources:
  - openapi/ncbi-datasets-api.yaml
- name: ApiKeyAuthHeader
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: api-key
  sources:
  - openapi/ncbi-datasets-api.yaml