YOURLS · Authentication Profile

Yourls Authentication

Authentication

YOURLS authenticates users with a username and password defined in the config file. Users log in using their credentials, which are sent via HTTP Basic Authentication.

YOURLS declares 1 security scheme(s) across its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

Basic Auth http-basic

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-10-28'
method: searched
generator: extract-docs-artifacts.py (local)
source: https://yourls.org/docs/guide/essentials/credentials
sources:
- https://yourls.org/docs/guide/essentials/credentials
- https://yourls.org/docs/category/getting-started
description: YOURLS authenticates users with a username and password defined in the config file. Users log in using their credentials, which are
  sent via HTTP Basic Authentication.
schemes:
- type: http-basic
  name: Basic Auth
  evidence: User will still log in using joe as a username and MyPassword as a password, but this password is no longer written down anywhere
    in the config file.
  location: header
  header: Authorization
  how_to_obtain: Add a username and password pair to the $yourls_user_passwords array in config.php.
docs: https://yourls.org/docs/guide/essentials/credentials

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