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Wakatime Authentication

Authentication

WakaTime 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 implicit flow(s).

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, implicit API key in:

Security Schemes

oauth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode, implicit
apiKey http
scheme: basic
bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/wakatime-api-v1-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - implicit
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://wakatime.com/oauth/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://wakatime.com/oauth/token
    scopes: 8
  - flow: implicit
    authorizationUrl: https://wakatime.com/oauth/authorize
    scopes: 8
  description: OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow.
  sources:
  - openapi/wakatime-api-v1-openapi.yml
- name: apiKey
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic with the WakaTime API key as the username. Alternatively, pass `?api_key=...`
    as a query parameter.
  sources:
  - openapi/wakatime-api-v1-openapi.yml
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: OAuth access token in the Authorization header as `Bearer waka_tok_...`.
  sources:
  - openapi/wakatime-api-v1-openapi.yml