generated: '2026-10-09'
method: searched
source: https://docs.source.coop/automated-access
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: ApiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: Follows the format `<access-key-id> <secret-access-key>`
  sources:
  - openapi/radiant-earth-source-cooperative-openapi.yml
docs: https://docs.source.coop/automated-access
additional_mechanisms:
- name: Service account API keys (data proxy)
  description: An API key lets software sign in as a service account; AWS CLI/SDKs
    trade the key at the data proxy STS endpoint (https://data.source.coop/.sts, AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity)
    for credentials that last an hour. Keys must be sent in the request body, never
    in a URL.
  docs: https://docs.source.coop/automated-access
- name: GitHub Actions OIDC
  description: A service account can trust a GitHub Actions workflow, which signs
    in with a token GitHub issues for each run (no stored secret).
  docs: https://docs.source.coop/automated-access
- name: Interactive OIDC via Source CLI
  description: source-coop login authenticates against the OIDC issuer https://auth.source.coop
    (default scopes "openid offline_access") and caches short-lived credentials.
  docs: https://github.com/source-cooperative/source-coop-cli