SWIFT · Authentication Profile

Swift Authentication

Authentication

SWIFT 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 clientCredentials and password flow(s).

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: clientCredentials, password API key in:

Security Schemes

OAuth2 oauth2
· flows: password
oauthBearerToken http
scheme: bearer
oauthClientCredentials oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-11-05'
method: derived
source: openapi/swift-account-numbers-api-openapi.yml, openapi/swift-bbans-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/swift-bics-api-openapi.yml, openapi/swift-cash-management-api-openapi.yml, openapi/swift-country-codes-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/swift-currency-codes-api-openapi.yml, openapi/swift-gpi-payment-status-cct-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/swift-gpi-transactions-api-openapi.yml, openapi/swift-ibans-api-openapi.yml, openapi/swift-leis-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/swift-messaging-api-openapi.yml, openapi/swift-national-ids-api-openapi.yml ...
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
  - password
schemes:
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: https://api.swift.com/oauth2/v1/token
    scopes: 2
  sources:
  - openapi/swift-account-numbers-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-bbans-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-bics-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-country-codes-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-currency-codes-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-ibans-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-leis-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-national-ids-api-openapi.yml
- name: oauthBearerToken
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearerFormat: opaque OAuth 2.0
  description: |-
    The access token obtained as a result of OAuth 2.0 flows. This API supports:
    * JWT-Bearer grant type [RFC 7523](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7523)

    Please visit [SWIFT OAuth Token API](https://developer.swift.com/swift-oauth-token-api) page for more information and examples on how to generate an OAuth token.

    In this declaration only the basic security element to transport the bearer token of an
  sources:
  - openapi/swift-cash-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-gpi-payment-status-cct-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-gpi-transactions-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-messaging-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-payment-pre-validation-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-swiftref-api-v4-openapi.yml
- name: oauthClientCredentials
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: /v1/oauth2/token
    scopes: 0
  description: |-
    This API uses OAuth2 with the client credentials grant type.

    Please visit [SWIFT OAuth Token API](https://developer.swift.com/swift-oauth-token-api) for more information and examples.
  sources:
  - openapi/swift-payment-pre-validation-api-openapi.yml

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