Sidechef Authentication

generated: '2026-08-27'
method: probed
source: >-
  https://business.sidechef.com/sb-documentation plus live unauthenticated probes of
  https://www.sidechef.com/v3/widget/recipes/ and inspection of the publicly served widget
  bundle at https://www.scgrocery.net/widget/v2/
note: >-
  Derived from probe evidence rather than from a securityScheme block: SideChef publishes
  no OpenAPI and no authentication reference page. Nothing here is inferred beyond what a
  public request or the publicly served JavaScript bundle demonstrates.
docs: https://business.sidechef.com/sb-documentation
summary: >-
  Access is partner-scoped and issued by SideChef through a sales conversation. There is no
  self-service signup, no developer portal, no key-management console, and no OAuth. The
  partner identifier is carried in markup for the embedded component, and the REST surface
  behind it uses HTTP Basic.
schemes:
- id: partnerKey
  type: apiKey
  in: html-attribute
  name: data-partner-key
  surface: Shoppable Button component
  required: true
  documented: true
  docs: https://business.sidechef.com/sb-documentation
  description: >-
    Partner authentication identifier placed as a data attribute on the widget mount
    element. Because it ships in page markup it is a public partner identifier, not a
    secret credential.
  rotation: not documented
  scopes: none
- id: httpBasic
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  surface: SideChef Widget API (v3)
  required: true
  documented: false
  description: >-
    The widget bundle constructs an Authorization header of the form "Basic <credential>"
    for its API calls. SideChef publishes no documentation for this scheme; it is recorded
    here as observed behaviour of a publicly served script, not as a documented contract.
  evidence: >-
    The v2 widget bundle contains a fetch whose headers object sets
    Authorization: "Basic " + <credential> alongside
    Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8.
  rotation: not documented
  scopes: none
oauth2: false
openid_connect: false
mutual_tls: false
unauthenticated_behaviour:
  status: 401
  content_type: application/json
  body: '{"status_code":401,"error":"Authentication credentials were not provided."}'
  www_authenticate_header: not returned
  note: >-
    The message is the Django REST Framework default, indicating the v3 surface is a DRF
    application. No WWW-Authenticate challenge is emitted, so an agent cannot discover the
    scheme from the response alone.
access:
  self_service: false
  signup_url: none
  process: contact sales via https://www.sidechef.com/business/contact-us
  gate: sales-gate
evidence:
- url: https://www.sidechef.com/v3/widget/recipes/
  status: 401
  content_type: application/json
- url: https://www.scgrocery.net/v3/widget/recipes/
  status: 401
  content_type: application/json
- url: https://www.scgrocery.net/v3/widget/events/
  status: 401
  content_type: application/json
- url: https://www.scgrocery.net/widget/v2/
  status: 200
  content_type: application/javascript
- url: https://business.sidechef.com/sb-documentation
  status: 200
- url: https://www.sidechef.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
  status: 404
- url: https://www.sidechef.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
  status: 404