PowerSchool · Authentication Profile

Powerschool Authentication

Authentication

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

K-12EducationStudent Information SystemSISStudentsGradesAttendanceEnrollmentSchedulingEdTech
Methods: http Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

BearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
BasicAuth http
scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/powerschool-powerschool-sis-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: BearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: Bearer token obtained from /oauth/access_token/ using client credentials. Tokens
    expire and must be refreshed.
  sources:
  - openapi/powerschool-powerschool-sis-api-openapi.yml
- name: BasicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: Basic auth with Base64-encoded client_id:client_secret for the token endpoint
    only.
  sources:
  - openapi/powerschool-powerschool-sis-api-openapi.yml