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Cartesia Auth API

Short-lived, scoped access token generation.

Cartesia Auth API is one of 21 APIs that Cartesia publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Auth. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2026-03-01.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.cartesia.ai.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2026-03-01
Base URL
https://api.cartesia.ai
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Cartesia Auth API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (sk_car_... API key or short-lived access token) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Cartesia API key (skcar...) or a short-lived access token minted via POST /access-token, passed as Authorization: Bearer . Every request also requires the Cart…

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Auth 1

Short-lived, scoped access token generation.

POST
/access-token
Generate a New Access Token
generateAccessToken 1 param body → 200401

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is Error (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cartesia-ai-auth-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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