Root (fka Slim.ai) · Authentication Profile

Root Fka Slimai Authentication

Authentication

Root (fka Slim.ai) secures its APIs with http across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

CompanySecurityVulnerability ManagementContainer SecurityDevSecOpsSoftware Supply ChainCVESBOMOpen-SourcePatching
Methods: http Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in: header (Authorization)

Security Schemes

BasicAuth http
scheme: basic
BearerToken http
scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://docs.root.io/reference/api; https://docs.root.io/getting-started/authentication; openapi/root-fka-slimai-openapi-original.json
docs: https://docs.root.io/getting-started/authentication
summary:
  types:
  - http
  http_schemes:
  - basic
  - bearer
  api_key_in:
  - header (Authorization)
schemes:
- name: BasicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  detail: API key used as the Basic-auth username with an empty password. Declared as the BasicAuth securityDefinition
    in the OpenAPI.
  sources:
  - openapi/root-fka-slimai-openapi-original.json
- name: BearerToken
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  detail: API key sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header (documented in the API reference;
    not declared in the Swagger securityDefinitions).
  sources:
  - https://docs.root.io/reference/api
api_keys:
  management: Create/rotate API keys in the Root platform Settings -> API Keys; managed via /v3/api_keys.
  registry_tokens: Separate long-lived registry tokens (username rootio / org id) authenticate to cr.root.io
    and pkg.root.io; rotatable from the platform.
unauthenticated: Feed endpoints under /external/* (CVE feed, patch feed, OSV feed) and OSV records require
  no auth.

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