Onshape · Authentication Profile

Onshape Authentication

Authentication

Onshape secures its APIs with http and oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in:

Security Schemes

OAuth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode
BasicAuth http
scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: openapi/onshape-openapi-original.json
docs: https://onshape-public.github.io/docs/auth/
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: /oauth/authorize
    tokenUrl: /oauth/token
    scopes: 24
  description: Use OAuth 2.0 to authenticate requests.
  sources:
  - openapi/onshape-openapi-original.json
- name: BasicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: Use Basic Authentication with API Keys (key as username and secret as password)
    to authenticate requests.
  sources:
  - openapi/onshape-openapi-original.json

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