Snowflake · Authentication Profile

Snowflake Authentication

Authentication

Snowflake secures its APIs with http, oauth2, and unknown across 4 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode and implicit flow(s).

Data LakesData SharingData WarehousingDatabaseSQL
Methods: http, oauth2, unknown Schemes: 4 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, implicit API key in:

Security Schemes

KeyPair unknown
keyPair http
scheme: bearer
snowflakeOAuth oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode
snowflakeOAuth oauth2
· flows: implicit

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/account.yaml, openapi/alert.yaml, openapi/api-integration.yaml, openapi/compute-pool.yaml,
  openapi/cortex-analyst.yaml, openapi/cortex-inference.yaml, openapi/cortex-search-service.yaml,
  openapi/database-role.yaml, openapi/database.yaml, openapi/dynamic-table.yaml, openapi/event-table.yaml,
  openapi/external-volume.yaml ...
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  - unknown
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - implicit
schemes:
- name: KeyPair
  type: unknown
  sources:
  - openapi/account.yaml
  - openapi/alert.yaml
  - openapi/api-integration.yaml
  - openapi/compute-pool.yaml
  - openapi/cortex-analyst.yaml
  - openapi/cortex-inference.yaml
  - openapi/cortex-search-service.yaml
  - openapi/database-role.yaml
  - openapi/database.yaml
  - openapi/dynamic-table.yaml
  - openapi/event-table.yaml
  - openapi/external-volume.yaml
  - openapi/function.yaml
  - openapi/grant.yaml
  - openapi/iceberg-table.yaml
  - openapi/image-repository.yaml
  - openapi/managed-account.yaml
  - openapi/notebook.yaml
  - openapi/notification-integration.yaml
  - openapi/pipe.yaml
  - openapi/procedure.yaml
  - openapi/result.yaml
  - openapi/role.yaml
  - openapi/schema.yaml
  - openapi/service.yaml
  - openapi/stage.yaml
  - openapi/table.yaml
  - openapi/task.yaml
  - openapi/user-defined-function.yaml
  - openapi/user.yaml
  - openapi/view.yaml
  - openapi/warehouse.yaml
- name: keyPair
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearerFormat: JWT
  description: Key pair authentication using a JWT token. Set X-Snowflake-Authorization-Token-Type
    to KEYPAIR_JWT.
  sources:
  - openapi/snowflake-sql-rest-api.yaml
  - openapi/sqlapi.yaml
- name: snowflakeOAuth
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://org-account.snowflakecomputing.com/oauth/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://org-account.snowflakecomputing.com/oauth/token-request
    scopes: 1
  description: Snowflake OAuth authentication flow.
  sources:
  - openapi/snowflake-sql-rest-api.yaml
- name: snowflakeOAuth
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: implicit
    authorizationUrl: /oauth/authorize
    scopes: 0
  sources:
  - openapi/sqlapi.yaml