Paylocity · Authentication Profile

Paylocity Authentication

Authentication

Paylocity secures its APIs with oauth2 across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the clientCredentials flow(s).

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Methods: oauth2 Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: clientCredentials API key in:

Security Schemes

oauth2ClientCredentials oauth2

· flows: clientCredentials

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/paylocity-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: oauth2ClientCredentials
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://api.paylocity.com/IdentityServer/connect/token
    scopes: 0
  description: OAuth 2.0 client credentials grant. Credentials are provisioned by Paylocity.
  sources:
  - openapi/paylocity-openapi.yml