Oracle Database · Authentication Profile

Oracle Database Authentication

Authentication

Oracle Database secures its APIs with http and oauth2 across 4 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode and clientCredentials flow(s).

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 4 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, clientCredentials API key in:

Security Schemes

ociSignature http
scheme: bearer
oauth2 oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials, authorizationCode
basicAuth http
scheme: basic
oauth2 oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/oracle-database-oci-openapi.yml, openapi/oracle-database-ords-openapi.yml, openapi/oracle-database-soda-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: ociSignature
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: OCI request signature authentication using API signing keys
  sources:
  - openapi/oracle-database-oci-openapi.yml
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: /ords/{schema}/oauth/token
    scopes: 0
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: /ords/{schema}/oauth/auth
    tokenUrl: /ords/{schema}/oauth/token
    scopes: 0
  sources:
  - openapi/oracle-database-ords-openapi.yml
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  sources:
  - openapi/oracle-database-ords-openapi.yml
  - openapi/oracle-database-soda-openapi.yml
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: /ords/{schema}/oauth/token
    scopes: 0
  sources:
  - openapi/oracle-database-soda-openapi.yml