generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://exe.dev/docs/https-api.md
docs: https://exe.dev/docs/https-api.md
summary:
  types: [ssh-key, http-bearer, openIdConnect]
  api_key_in: [header]
  primary: SSH public-key authentication
schemes:
- name: ssh-public-key
  type: ssh
  scheme: publickey
  description: >-
    Primary auth for VM management. Your SSH public key identifies your exe.dev
    account. `ssh exe.dev <command>` (the lobby REPL) and `ssh <vm>.exe.xyz` (direct
    VM shell) both authenticate with your registered SSH key.
  docs: https://exe.dev/docs/cli-ssh-key.md
- name: https-api-bearer
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearerFormat: exe1 signed token
  description: >-
    Bearer token for the HTTPS API (POST https://exe.dev/exec). Tokens are prefixed
    `exe1.` and are signed JSON carrying exp/nbf/cmds/ctx claims. Generated with
    `ssh exe.dev ssh-key generate-api-key --exp=30d`, or created locally by signing
    with your SSH key.
  header: 'Authorization: Bearer [example key]'
  token_claims:
    exp: Unix expiry timestamp (strongly recommended)
    nbf: Unix not-before timestamp
    cmds: allow-list of permitted commands (subcommands must be listed explicitly)
    ctx: custom JSON context data
  default_allowed_cmds: [help, ls, new, whoami, "ssh-key list", "share show", exe0-to-exe1, team, "team members"]
  constraints:
    max_token_size: 8KB
    timestamp_range: 2000-01-01 to 2100-01-01
  docs: https://exe.dev/docs/https-api-local-key.md
- name: openid-connect
  type: openIdConnect
  openIdConnectUrl: https://exe.dev/.well-known/openid-configuration
  description: >-
    exe.dev exposes an OIDC discovery document (issuer https://exe.dev, RS256,
    id_token response type, jwks at https://exe.dev/.oidc/jwks.json). Team SSO can
    federate via Google OAuth or OIDC.
  docs: https://exe.dev/docs/teams/sso.md
notes: >-
  "Login with exe" is a separate proxy-layer auth for apps hosted on exe.dev VMs — it
  injects X-ExeDev-UserID and X-ExeDev-Email headers into authenticated requests rather
  than issuing OAuth tokens (see https://exe.dev/docs/login-with-exe.md).