Nuclei · Authentication Profile

Nuclei Authentication

Authentication

Nuclei 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

X-API-Key apiKey
· in: header (X-API-Key)

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Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/nuclei-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: X-API-Key
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-API-Key
  sources:
  - openapi/nuclei-openapi.yml