NS1 · Authentication Profile

Ns1 Authentication

Authentication

NS1 secures its APIs with apiKey across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

apiKey apiKey

· in: header ()

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/ns1/ns1-python/blob/master/ns1/rest/resource.py
docs: https://ns1.com/api
notes: >-
  NS1 (IBM NS1 Connect) authenticates every REST request with an API key sent in
  the X-NSONE-Key request header. There is no OAuth2/OIDC surface; keys are issued
  from the NS1 portal and can be scoped per team/user with granular permissions.
summary:
  types: [apiKey]
  api_key_in: [header]
  oauth2_flows: []
schemes:
  - name: apiKey
    type: apiKey
    in: header
    parameter_name: X-NSONE-Key
    description: >-
      NS1 API key issued from the portal (Account > Users & Teams > API Keys).
      Sent verbatim in the X-NSONE-Key header on every request to
      https://api.nsone.net/v1/. Verified live: an unauthenticated request to
      https://api.nsone.net/v1/zones returns HTTP 401.
    sources: [github.com/ns1/ns1-python]

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