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Planet Labs Authentication

Authentication

Planet Labs secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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

Security Schemes

basicAuth http
scheme: basic
apiKeyAuth apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)

Source

Authentication Profile

planet-labs-authentication.yml Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/planet-labs-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: |-
    HTTP Basic with the Planet API key as the username and an empty
    password.
  sources:
  - openapi/planet-labs-openapi.yml
- name: apiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: Alternative API key/token header.
  sources:
  - openapi/planet-labs-openapi.yml