Oil Price API Authentication

generated: '2026-11-09'
method: searched
generator: extract-docs-artifacts.py (local)
source: https://docs.oilpriceapi.com/guides/authentication
sources:
- https://docs.oilpriceapi.com/guides/authentication
- https://docs.oilpriceapi.com/agent-quickstart.md
- https://docs.oilpriceapi.com/quick-start/
description: Secure API access using Token authentication with your API key.
schemes:
- type: apiKey
  name: API Key
  evidence: 'All requests require your API key in the Authorization header: curl "https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/prices/latest" \ -H "Authorization:
    Token YOUR_API_KEY"'
  location: header
  header: Authorization
  how_to_obtain: Sign up at oilpriceapi.com/signup. Your first key is created at signup and shown on the next page. Additional keys can be created
    in the Dashboard → API Keys.
- type: apiKey
  name: API Key (query)
  evidence: 'Tools that cannot set request headers — Google Sheets IMPORTDATA() , for example — may pass the key as an api_key query parameter
    instead: https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/prices/latest?by_code=WTI_USD&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY'
  location: query
  how_to_obtain: Sign up at oilpriceapi.com/signup. Your first key is created at signup and shown on the next page.
note: 'The Bearer scheme (Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY) is also accepted, but Token is the documented and recommended form.'
docs: https://docs.oilpriceapi.com/guides/authentication