OpenAI · Authentication Profile

Openai Authentication

Authentication

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

Artificial IntelligenceLarge Language ModelsT1
Methods: http Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

ApiKeyAuth http
scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-08-27'
method: derived
source: openapi/openai-assistants-api-openapi.yml, openapi/openai-audio-api-openapi.yml, openapi/openai-audit-logs-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/openai-batch-api-openapi.yml, openapi/openai-certificates-api-openapi.yml, openapi/openai-chat-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/openai-chatkit-api-openapi.yml, openapi/openai-completions-api-openapi.yml, openapi/openai-containers-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/openai-conversations-api-openapi.yml, openapi/openai-embeddings-api-openapi.yml, openapi/openai-evals-api-openapi.yml
  ...
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: ApiKeyAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  sources:
  - openapi/openai-assistants-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-audio-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-audit-logs-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-batch-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-certificates-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-chat-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-chatkit-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-completions-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-containers-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-conversations-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-embeddings-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-evals-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-files-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-fine-tuning-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-group-organization-role-assignments-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-group-users-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-images-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-invites-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-models-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-moderations-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-organization-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-project-group-role-assignments-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-project-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-project-user-role-assignments-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-realtime-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-responses-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-roles-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-skills-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-threads-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-uploads-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-usage-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-user-organization-role-assignments-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-users-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-vector-stores-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/openai-videos-api-openapi.yml

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