Workday Security · Authentication Profile

Workday Security Authentication

Authentication

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

Access ControlAuditAuthenticationComplianceEnterpriseIdentity ManagementPrivacySAMLSecuritySSO
Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in:

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
oauth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/workday-security-audit-openapi.yml, openapi/workday-security-authentication-openapi.yml,
  openapi/workday-security-identity-management-openapi.yml, openapi/workday-security-security-groups-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearerFormat: JWT
  description: OAuth 2.0 bearer token obtained from the Workday token endpoint.
  sources:
  - openapi/workday-security-audit-openapi.yml
  - openapi/workday-security-authentication-openapi.yml
  - openapi/workday-security-identity-management-openapi.yml
  - openapi/workday-security-security-groups-openapi.yml
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://{host}/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://{host}/ccx/oauth2/{tenant}/token
    scopes: 3
  description: OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow for obtaining access tokens to Workday REST
    APIs.
  sources:
  - openapi/workday-security-authentication-openapi.yml