generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: https://docs.digitalgenius.com/docs/create-basic-token
docs: https://docs.digitalgenius.com/docs/create-basic-token
summary:
  types: [http]
  http_schemes: [basic]
  identity_provider: Auth0
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: >-
    HTTP Basic authentication using an encoded token built from an API key and
    secret created in the DigitalGenius Dashboard. For the MCP server and HTTP API,
    the encoded token is passed as `Authorization: Basic {{AUTH_TOKEN}}`. API keys
    are created in the Dashboard with a selectable Access Type (e.g. "All").
  header: 'Authorization: Basic {{AUTH_TOKEN}}'
  token_creation: >-
    Dashboard -> create API key (name + Access Type) -> "Copy Encoded Token".
platform_identity:
  provider: Auth0
  evidence: https://status.digitalgenius.com/
  components:
  - User Authentication
  - Machine-to-Machine Authentication
  - Multi-factor Authentication
  - Management API
  note: >-
    The DigitalGenius platform (Dashboard, M2M) is fronted by Auth0 per the public
    status page. Programmatic API/MCP access uses the Basic encoded token above.