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Salesforce Authentication

Authentication

Salesforce secures its APIs with http and oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the implicit flow(s).

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: implicit API key in:

Security Schemes

BearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
oauth2 oauth2
· flows: implicit

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/salesforce-bulk-api-2-openapi.yml, openapi/salesforce-marketing-cloud-rest-openapi.yml,
  openapi/salesforce-openapi.yml, openapi/salesforce-rest-api-openapi.yml, openapi/salesforce-ui-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - implicit
schemes:
- name: BearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: OAuth 2.0 Bearer token obtained from the Salesforce OAuth 2.0 token endpoint.
    Include this token in the Authorization header as "Bearer {access_token}".
  sources:
  - openapi/salesforce-bulk-api-2-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-marketing-cloud-rest-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-rest-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/salesforce-ui-api-openapi.yml
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: implicit
    authorizationUrl: '{DefaultParameterValue}{DefaultParameterValue}/services/oauth2/authorize'
    scopes: 1
  sources:
  - openapi/salesforce-openapi.yml

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