Salesforce Sales Cloud · Authentication Profile

Salesforce Sales Cloud Authentication

Authentication

Salesforce Sales Cloud secures its APIs with http and oauth2 across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode and clientCredentials flow(s).

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, clientCredentials API key in:

Security Schemes

oauth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode
bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
oauth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode, clientCredentials

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-analytics-api-openapi.yml, openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-apex-rest-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-bulk-api-openapi.yml, openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-change-data-capture-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-composite-api-openapi.yml, openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-connect-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-graphql-api-openapi.yml, openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-platform-events-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-rest-api-openapi.yml, openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-tooling-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-ui-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token
    scopes: 1
  description: Salesforce OAuth 2.0 authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-apex-rest-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-bulk-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-change-data-capture-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-composite-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-connect-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-graphql-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-platform-events-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-tooling-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-ui-api-openapi.yml
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearerFormat: OAuth 2.0 Access Token
  sources:
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-apex-rest-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-bulk-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-change-data-capture-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-composite-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-connect-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-graphql-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-platform-events-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-rest-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-tooling-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-ui-api-openapi.yml
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token
    scopes: 3
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token
    scopes: 1
  description: Salesforce OAuth 2.0 authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-rest-api-openapi.yml

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