Observepoint Authentication

generated: '2026-08-26'
method: searched
source: https://api-docs.observepoint.com/ (Getting Started > Authentication); corroborated by securitySchemes in openapi/observepoint-v3-api-openapi.yml, openapi/observepoint-grid-reports-api-openapi.yml, openapi/observepoint-v2-api-openapi.yml
docs: https://api-docs.observepoint.com/
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2: false
  openid_connect: false
  mutual_tls: false
  note: >-
    Single auth model across every ObservePoint API surface (v2, v3 and the Grid Reporting API): a
    user-level API key sent in the Authorization header. There is no OAuth 2.0, no OpenID Connect and
    no scope surface, so scopes/ is intentionally absent for this provider.
schemes:
- name: API_Key
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: |-
    Use the `Authorization` header in your requests with ObservePoint API key as header value.

    Example: `Authorization: abc123...def456`
  sources:
  - openapi/observepoint-grid-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/observepoint-v2-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/observepoint-v3-api-openapi.yml
docs_detail:
  header: Authorization
  prefix: api_key
  documented_form: 'Authorization: api_key YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  note: >-
    The published Getting Started guide documents the header value with an `api_key ` prefix
    ("Authorization: api_key YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"), while the OpenAPI securityScheme description shows the
    bare key ("Authorization: abc123...def456"). The docs example is the authoritative form; the spec
    description is inconsistent with it. Recorded as published, not reconciled.
  key_scope: user
  key_issuance: Self-service from the user profile page in the ObservePoint app (app.observepoint.com/my-profile)
  rotation: Documented for webhook signing secrets (POST /v3/webhooks/rotate-secret); no documented API-key rotation endpoint
  source: https://api-docs.observepoint.com/
observed:
- url: https://api.observepoint.com/v2/api-docs
  http_status: 401
  body: Bearer token is absent
  note: Unauthenticated request to an api.observepoint.com path returns 401 with a plain-text body.
  probed: '2026-08-26'
webhook_authentication:
  mechanism: HMAC-SHA256 request signature
  header: ObservePoint-Signature
  format: t=<unix-timestamp>,sigv1=<base64 HMAC-SHA256 of "<timestamp>.<raw-body>">
  secret_provisioning: POST https://api.observepoint.com/v3/webhooks/rotate-secret (Admin permission required; secret shown once)
  source: https://api-docs.observepoint.com/sections/webhook