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RapidAPI Authentication API

Endpoints for configuring authentication schemes on gateways, including OAuth2, API key, header-based, and basic authentication.

RapidAPI Authentication API is one of 29 APIs that RapidAPI publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 6 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://gateway.rapidapi.com/v1.

2 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 GET1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Server
https://gateway.rapidapi.com/v1
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

RapidAPI Authentication API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-RapidAPI-Key (rapidApiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • rapidApiKey — RapidAPI key used for authenticating requests to the Gateway API.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authentication 2

Endpoints for configuring authentication schemes on gateways, including OAuth2, API key, header-based, and basic authentication.

GET
/gateways/{gatewayId}/authentication
Get authentication configuration
getAuthenticationConfig 1 param → 200401404
PUT
/gateways/{gatewayId}/authentication
Update authentication configuration
updateAuthenticationConfig 1 param body → 200400401404

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AuthenticationConfig (5 properties), AuthenticationConfigInput (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AuthenticationConfig
object
5 properties
AuthenticationConfigInput
object
4 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

rapidapi-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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RapidAPI Definitions API
RapidAPI Documentation API
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