Overflow · Authentication Profile

Overflow Authentication

Authentication

Overflow secures its APIs with apiKey across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

ApiKey apiKey
· in: header (x-api-key)
ClientId apiKey
· in: header (x-client-id)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: openapi/overflow-openapi-original.json
docs: https://docs.overflow.co/api-reference/authentication
detail: >-
  Overflow authenticates every request with two header-based API keys used
  together: x-client-id (public identifier) and x-api-key (secret key).
  Credentials are environment-scoped — staging credentials only work against
  https://server.stage.overflow.co and production credentials only against
  https://server.overflow.co. Credentials are server-side only and must not be
  exposed in client-side code, public repos, or logs. There is no OAuth or
  scope surface; access is all-or-nothing per credential pair.
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: ApiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: x-api-key
  description: API Key for API authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/overflow-openapi-original.json
- name: ClientId
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: x-client-id
  description: Client ID for API authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/overflow-openapi-original.json

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