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Ucl Authentication

Authentication

UCL secures its APIs with apiKey and oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

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Methods: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in: query

Security Schemes

OAuthToken apiKey
· in: query (token)
OAuthSecurity oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/ucl-uclapi.yaml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - query
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: OAuthToken
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: token
  description: This API requires you to pass your OAuth2 token as a query parameter called 'token'.
    Use the /authorize and /oauth/token endpoints to authorize a user and get this token.
  sources:
  - openapi/ucl-uclapi.yaml
- name: OAuthSecurity
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: /authorise
    tokenUrl: /token
    scopes: 2
  description: This API uses OAuth2 with the implicit grant flow. [More info](https://uclapi.com/docs#OAuthSecurity)
  sources:
  - openapi/ucl-uclapi.yaml