generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://docs.beemaps.com/api-reference
docs: https://docs.beemaps.com/api-reference
summary:
  types: [http, apiKey]
  http_schemes: [basic]
  api_key_in: [query]
schemes:
  - name: basicAuth
    type: http
    scheme: basic
    description: >-
      HTTP Basic authentication. Send Authorization: Basic <base64(username:api-key)>.
      The hive-py SDK expects a base64-encoded "username:api-key" string as the
      Basic credential.
    sources: [openapi/hivemapper-beemaps-openapi.yml, https://github.com/Hivemapper/hive-py]
  - name: apiKeyQuery
    type: apiKey
    in: query
    param: apiKey
    description: >-
      API key passed as the apiKey query parameter. Also used to authenticate the
      MCP endpoint (POST /api/developer/mcp).
    sources: [https://docs.beemaps.com/api-reference]
notes: >-
  API keys are issued from the Bee Maps developer dashboard
  (https://beemaps.com/developers). No OAuth2 / OpenID Connect surface is
  documented, so no scopes/ artifact applies.