generated: '2026-09-06'
method: searched
source: https://docs.abi.ai/ (Abi API Reference — "Getting Started" and "Authentication" sections)
note: >-
  Abi publishes no OpenAPI/Swagger document, so this profile is read from the provider's own public
  API reference at docs.abi.ai rather than derived from securitySchemes. Every statement below is
  taken verbatim from that reference.
api: Abi API
docs: https://docs.abi.ai/
onboarding:
  model: partner-gated
  steps:
  - Apply for a partner account through the docs "Apply for Partner Account" form.
  - Abi evaluates the request and contacts the applicant with an API key.
  - A test partner account is issued first; full integration requires contacting the sales team.
  quote: >-
    "After you apply for an account, we will evaluate your request and contact you with your API
    key. Once you have tested the service, if you decide to integrate fully with Abi, please
    contact our sales team."
schemes:
- id: partner-api-key
  type: apiKey
  in: body
  name: apiKey
  description: >-
    The long-lived partner credential. It is NOT sent on ordinary API calls — it is exchanged in
    the request body of the token endpoint for a short-lived access token.
  used_at: POST https://client-api.abi.ai/partner/authorization/token
  handling_guidance: >-
    "Do not share your secret API key or any account information in publicly accessible areas such
    as GitHub, client-side code, and so forth."
- id: bearer-access-token
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  in: header
  name: Authorization
  description: >-
    The access_token returned by the token endpoint, sent as `Authorization: Bearer <access_token>`
    on all protected endpoints. token_type is always "Bearer".
  ttl_seconds: 3600
  expiry_behavior: >-
    "If the access_token is expired, the API will return a 401 Unauthorized response."
- id: refresh-token
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: >-
    The refresh_token returned alongside the access token, exchanged at the refresh endpoint for a
    new access token.
  used_at: POST https://client-api.abi.ai/partner/authorization/token/refresh
  ttl_hours: 24
  expiry_behavior: >-
    "If the refresh token expires, a new API key authentication is required."
token_endpoints:
- operation: create-token
  method: POST
  url: https://client-api.abi.ai/partner/authorization/token
  request: API key in the request body
  response_fields:
  - name: access_token
    description: Your access token, used in the authorization header.
  - name: token_type
    description: The type of token returned. Always "Bearer".
  - name: refresh_token
    description: Your refresh token, used to obtain a new access token.
- operation: refresh-token
  method: POST
  url: https://client-api.abi.ai/partner/authorization/token/refresh
sub_partners:
  supported: true
  description: >-
    "Subpartners can authenticate using the same process as partners, but must include their
    subPartnerName in the request body." The same applies to the refresh call.
  parameter:
    name: subPartnerName
    type: string
    required: false
    example: SubPartnerName_TEST
    description: >-
      The name of the partner (company) in Abi's system to which the user is assigned. Also used to
      distinguish test partners from production partners.
standards:
  oauth2: false
  oidc: false
  note: >-
    The flow is bearer-token-shaped and access/refresh-token-shaped but is NOT an OAuth 2.0
    implementation — Abi publishes no /token grant_type vocabulary, no scopes, no authorization
    endpoint, and no /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server (probed 2026-09-06, 404 on every host).
    Recorded as a proprietary API-key-for-bearer-token exchange, not oauth2.
scopes:
  published: false
  note: >-
    No scope or permission reference is published. Access differences are configured per partner
    account server-side — the 403 status description reads "your partner configuration does not
    allow the requested action". scopes/ is therefore intentionally absent.