SignalFx · Authentication Profile

Signalfx Authentication

Authentication

SignalFx secures its APIs with apiKey across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

XSFToken apiKey

· in: header ()

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://dev.splunk.com/observability/docs/apibasics/authentication_org_tokens/
docs: https://dev.splunk.com/observability/docs/apibasics/authentication_org_tokens/
summary:
  types: [apiKey]
  api_key_in: [header]
  oauth2_flows: []
  note: >-
    SignalFx / Splunk Observability Cloud authenticates all API traffic with a
    token supplied in the X-SF-Token request header. There are distinct token
    classes for distinct API planes.
schemes:
- name: XSFToken
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter_name: X-SF-Token
  description: >-
    Token passed in the X-SF-Token header. Three token classes exist: an
    organization (ingest) access token for the data-ingest API, a user/API
    (session) token for the REST metadata/config API, and an access token for
    the SignalFlow streaming API.
  applies_to:
  - plane: ingest
    host: ingest.{realm}.signalfx.com
    token: org/ingest access token
  - plane: rest
    host: api.{realm}.signalfx.com
    token: API/session token
  - plane: signalflow
    host: stream.{realm}.signalfx.com
    token: access token

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