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Esri Auth API

The Auth API from Esri — 1 operation(s) for auth.

Esri Auth API is one of 4 APIs that Esri 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.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://geocode-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services, https://route-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services, https://www.arcgis.com.

1 operations 1 paths 0 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest
Authentication
API Key, OAuth 2.0
License
Proprietary
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Esri Auth API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as token (apiKeyAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the clientCredentials and authorizationCode flows. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKeyAuth — ArcGIS Platform API key or access token passed as the token query parameter (or Authorization: Bearer header on REST services).

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
POST
/sharing/rest/oauth2/token
Exchange OAuth credentials for an ArcGIS access token
getOAuthToken body → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

esri-auth-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Esri publishes across the network.

Esri ArcGIS Platform API
Esri Geocoding API
Esri Routing API