generated: '2026-08-17'
method: searched
source: openapi/edgee-openapi-original.json
docs: https://www.edgee.ai/docs/api-reference/authentication
note: 'Baseline derived from the OpenAPI securitySchemes, then upgraded from the docs. Edgee runs TWO
  separate credential systems on two hosts and says so explicitly in its own documentation: gateway
  API keys for https://edgee.io, and Console tokens for https://api.edgee.app. They are not
  interchangeable.'
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows: []
  https_required: true
  credential_systems: 2
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearerFormat: JWT
  description: Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`, where `<token>` is
    your API key. More info [here](/docs/api-reference/authentication)
  applies_to: https://edgee.io
  sources:
  - openapi/edgee-openapi-original.json
- name: apiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: x-api-key
  description: Anthropic-style API key authentication using the x-api-key header
  applies_to: https://edgee.io
  sources:
  - openapi/edgee-openapi-original.json
- name: httpBasic
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: 'Documented alternative to the bearer header: `-u <token>:` with a trailing colon so
    curl does not prompt for a password. The token goes in the username position.'
  applies_to: https://edgee.io
  sources:
  - https://www.edgee.ai/docs/api-reference/authentication
  in_openapi: false
- name: edgeeApiKeyPassthrough
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: x-edgee-api-key
  description: 'Claude CLI passthrough authentication. When set, the gateway uses this key instead of
    the Authorization header.'
  applies_to: https://edgee.io/v1/messages
  operation: createMessage
  sources:
  - openapi/edgee-openapi-original.json
- name: consoleBearer
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: 'Console API token, created in the Edgee Console under API Keys. Displayed once at
    creation and not retrievable afterwards. Observed token prefix in the docs examples: ek_live_.'
  applies_to: https://api.edgee.app
  sources:
  - https://www.edgee.ai/docs/api-reference/console-api-setup
  in_openapi: false
  env_var: EDGEE_CONSOLE_API_TOKEN
  failure_modes:
  - {status: 401, body: '{"error": "Unauthorized", "message": "Invalid or expired API token"}'}
  - {status: 403, body: '{"error": "Forbidden", "message": "Your token does not have permission to
        access this resource"}'}
key_management:
  console: https://www.edgee.ai/docs/quickstart/api-key
  capabilities: [view tokens and creation dates, revoke immediately, rotate, monitor per-token usage]
  api: https://www.edgee.ai/docs/api-reference/console-api-manage-gateway-api-keys
  api_note: Gateway API keys can be created, listed, updated and deleted over the Console API.
  scoping:
  - {control: model and provider access, source: 'https://www.edgee.ai/docs/features/model-access',
    note: Which models and providers an organization may route to.}
  - {control: usage limits, source: 'https://www.edgee.ai/docs/features/usage-limits', note: Spend
      caps per key, per member or per squad over a daily, monthly or lifetime window.}
  - {control: expiry, note: 'Keys can expire; an expired or inactive key returns 403 forbidden.'}
oauth:
  api_oauth: false
  cli_oauth: true
  note: '`edgee auth login` opens a browser for OAuth-based login and writes credentials to
    ~/.config/edgee/credentials.toml (mode 600). No authorization-server metadata is published —
    /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server returns 404 on every Edgee host — so there is no
    documented scope surface and no scopes/ artifact is emitted.'
sso:
  available: true
  tier: Enterprise
  methods: [SSO, SAML]
  source: https://www.edgee.ai/pricing
env_vars:
- {name: EDGEE_API_KEY, scope: gateway SDKs, source: 'https://www.edgee.ai/docs/sdk'}
- {name: EDGEE_CONSOLE_API_TOKEN, scope: Console API, source: 'https://www.edgee.ai/docs/api-reference/console-api-setup'}
- {name: EDGEE_TOKEN, scope: legacy stdio MCP server, source: 'https://github.com/edgee-ai/mcp-server-edgee'}