Socket · Authentication Profile

Socket Dev Authentication

Authentication

Socket secures its APIs with http 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: http, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, clientCredentials API key in:

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
basicAuth http
scheme: basic
OAuth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode, clientCredentials

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: openapi/*-openapi.yml + well-known/socket-dev-oauth-authorization-server.json (RFC 8414 metadata)
docs: https://docs.socket.dev/reference/authentication-types
note: >-
  The OpenAPI specs declare only http bearer + basic (Organization tokens). A live probe of
  api.socket.dev/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server additionally reveals a full OAuth 2.0
  authorization server (authorization_code + client_credentials + refresh_token, PKCE S256,
  97 scopes) — added below as the oauth2 scheme. Scope list in scopes/socket-dev-scopes.yml.
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: Organization Tokens can be passed as a Bearer token
  sources:
  - openapi/socket-alerts-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-api-tokens-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-audit-log-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-dependencies-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-diff-scans-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-fixes-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-full-scans-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-org-settings-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-org-snapshots-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-packages-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-repos-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-threat-feed-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-triage-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: Organization Tokens can be passed as the user field in basic auth
  sources:
  - openapi/socket-alerts-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-api-tokens-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-audit-log-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-dependencies-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-diff-scans-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-fixes-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-full-scans-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-org-settings-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-org-snapshots-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-packages-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-repos-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-threat-feed-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-triage-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/socket-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  description: >-
    Live OAuth 2.0 authorization server advertised at
    api.socket.dev/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server (RFC 8414). Client classes:
    customer_user_delegated (authorization_code + refresh_token) and
    customer_machine_to_machine (client_credentials).
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://api.socket.dev/v1/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://api.socket.dev/v1/oauth2/token
    pkce: S256
    scope_count: 97
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://api.socket.dev/v1/oauth2/token
    scope_count: 97
  scopes: scopes/socket-dev-scopes.yml
  sources:
  - well-known/socket-dev-oauth-authorization-server.json

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