Podcastindex Authentication

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/podcastindex-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: User-Agent
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: User-Agent
  description: |-
    Please identify the system/product you are using to make this request.


    *Example*: `SuperPodcastPlayer/1.3`
  sources:
  - openapi/podcastindex-openapi.yml
- name: API-Key
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-Auth-Key
  description: |-
    Your API key string


    *Example*: `UXKCGDSYGUUEVQJSYDZH`
  sources:
  - openapi/podcastindex-openapi.yml
- name: Date
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-Auth-Date
  description: |-
    The current UTC unix epoch time as a string. 3 minute window.


    This value is an integer; round down if needed. The value shall not include a decimal point.


    Value generated should match the value shown on the website https://www.epochconverter.com/.


    *Example*: `1613713388`
  sources:
  - openapi/podcastindex-openapi.yml
- name: Authorization
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: |-
    A SHA-1 hash of the `X-Auth-Key`, the corresponding secret and the `X-Auth-Date` value concatenated as a string.
    The resulting hash should be encoded as a hexadecimal value, two digits per byte, using lower case letters for
    the hex digits "a" through "f".


    The Authorization header is computed with something like this (pseudo-code):

        authHeader = sha1(apiKey+apiSecret+unixTime)

    Example value,
  sources:
  - openapi/podcastindex-openapi.yml