PubMed · Authentication Profile

Pubmed Authentication

Authentication

PubMed secures its APIs with apiKey across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in: query

Security Schemes

ApiKeyAuth apiKey
· in: query (api_key)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/entrez-eutils.json
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - query
schemes:
- name: ApiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: api_key
  description: 'Optional NCBI API key. Without a key: 3 requests/second. With a key: 10 requests/second.
    Register at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/account/'
  sources:
  - openapi/entrez-eutils.json