generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: openapi/code-ocean-openapi.yml
docs: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api/authentication
note: >-
  Code Ocean authenticates with scoped personal access tokens (prefix cop_)
  presented via HTTP Basic auth — not an OAuth2 authorization flow. Each token
  is minted with per-resource permission scopes selected in the Access Tokens
  UI (Account -> Access Tokens -> Generate New Token -> Select Scopes). The
  scopes below are the resource permissions documented as API prerequisites;
  the full enumerated list in the token UI is not published on a single docs
  page.
schemes:
- name: accessToken
  type: personal-access-token
  transport: http-basic
  source: openapi/code-ocean-openapi.yml
scopes:
- scope: Capsule - Read
  description: Get capsule, list capsule computations, get app panel.
  sources: [https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api]
- scope: Capsule - Write
  description: Delete archived capsule/pipeline, archive/unarchive capsule.
  sources: [https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api]
- scope: Data Asset - Read
  description: Get data asset, list data asset files, generate file URLs.
  sources: [https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api]
- scope: Data Asset - Write
  description: Create, update, archive, and delete data assets.
  sources: [https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api]