NewsBlur authentication API
Login, logout and signup.
NewsBlur authentication API is one of 7 APIs that NewsBlur publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and authentication docs.
This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2026.07.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.newsblur.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
NewsBlur authentication API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the cookie as newsblur_sessionid (cookieAuth).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (oauth2Bearer).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
cookieAuth— Session cookie set by POST /api/login.oauth2Bearer— OAuth 2.0 access token passed as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. Client credentials are issued by NewsBlur (contact samuel@newsblur.com).
Paths & Operations 3
Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Login, logout and signup.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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