generated: '2026-08-04'
method: searched
source: openapi/method-financial-openapi-original.yml
docs: https://docs.methodfi.com/reference/authentication
summary:
  types:
  - http
  http_schemes:
  - bearer
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows: []
  note: Method uses opaque bearer API keys, not OAuth. There is no authorization server, no scope surface
    and no token endpoint, so no scopes/ artifact is emitted.
schemes:
- name: SecretKey
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  token_prefix: sk_
  header: 'Authorization: Bearer <secret key>'
  description: Secret key authentication. The team's secret key is used as the Bearer token. This is the
    default security requirement on every authenticated Method API operation.
  default: true
  sources:
  - openapi/method-financial-openapi-original.yml
- name: OpalToken
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  token_prefix: otkn_
  header: 'Authorization: Bearer <opal token>'
  description: Short-lived Opal session token for the embeddable Opal component endpoints. Minted server-side
    with POST /opal/token using a secret key, then handed to the client.
  default: false
  sources:
  - openapi/method-financial-openapi-original.yml
- name: PublishableKey
  type: apiKey-equivalent
  scheme: bearer
  token_prefix: pk_
  description: Publishable key for client-side Element requests. Documented in the OpenAPI info description;
    not declared as a named securityScheme.
  declared_in_spec: false
  sources:
  - https://docs.methodfi.com/reference/authentication
key_management:
  per_environment: true
  note: Each environment (development, sandbox, production) under each team has its own unique key. Keys
    are issued in the Method Dashboard.
  dashboard: https://dashboard.methodfi.com
  ip_allowlisting: true
  ip_allowlisting_note: Team IP allowlisting shipped in the 2026-06 changelog.
additional_controls:
  message_level_encryption: true
  mle_description: Teams can register MLE public keys (POST /teams/mle/public_keys) and set a default
    encryption key. Method publishes its own JWKS anonymously at /.well-known/jwks.json.
  mtls_errors_documented: true
  mtls_docs: https://docs.methodfi.com/reference/errors/mtls-errors
version_header:
  name: Method-Version
  current: '2026-03-30'
  required: false
  note: Omitting it falls back to the team default version.