REST Countries · Authentication Profile

Rest Countries Authentication

Authentication

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

CountriesGeocodingGeographyISO 3166Open-SourcePublic APIsReference DataCurrencyLanguageCapitalsRegionsSubregionsTranslations
Methods: apiKey, http Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in: query

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
apiKeyQuery apiKey
· in: query (api-key)

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/restcountries-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - query
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: Bearer token authentication. Obtain your API key from https://restcountries.com.
    A demo key `rc_live_demo` is available for testing.
  sources:
  - openapi/restcountries-openapi.yml
- name: apiKeyQuery
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: api-key
  description: API key passed as a query parameter (less secure)
  sources:
  - openapi/restcountries-openapi.yml