WorldCat · Authentication Profile

Worldcat Authentication

Authentication

WorldCat 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 and clientCredentials flow(s).

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

Security Schemes

entity_data_auth oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials, authorizationCode
api_key apiKey
· in: query (wskey)

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/worldcat-entities-api.yml, openapi/worldcat-knowledge-base-api.yml, openapi/worldcat-metadata-api.yml,
  openapi/worldcat-search-api.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - query
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: entity_data_auth
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://oauth.oclc.org/token
    scopes: 2
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://oauth.oclc.org/auth
    tokenUrl: https://oauth.oclc.org/token
    scopes: 2
  sources:
  - openapi/worldcat-entities-api.yml
  - openapi/worldcat-metadata-api.yml
  - openapi/worldcat-search-api.yml
- name: api_key
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: wskey
  sources:
  - openapi/worldcat-knowledge-base-api.yml

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