SmartRecruiters · Authentication Profile

Smartrecruiters Authentication

Authentication

SmartRecruiters secures its APIs with apiKey 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: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, clientCredentials API key in: header

Security Schemes

ApiKey apiKey
· in: header (X-SmartToken)
OAuth2 oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials
OAuth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/smartrecruiters-candidates-openapi.yml, openapi/smartrecruiters-jobs-openapi.yml,
  openapi/smartrecruiters-posting-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: ApiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-SmartToken
  sources:
  - openapi/smartrecruiters-candidates-openapi.yml
  - openapi/smartrecruiters-jobs-openapi.yml
  - openapi/smartrecruiters-posting-openapi.yml
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/identity/oauth/token
    scopes: 2
  sources:
  - openapi/smartrecruiters-candidates-openapi.yml
  - openapi/smartrecruiters-jobs-openapi.yml
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/identity/oauth/allow
    tokenUrl: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/identity/oauth/token
    scopes: 4
  sources:
  - openapi/smartrecruiters-posting-openapi.yml