generated: '2026-08-27'
method: searched
source: https://docs.sewerai.com/
docs: https://docs.sewerai.com/#authentication-1
note: >-
  Upgraded from the derived profile. The verbatim drf-yasg contract at
  https://api.sewerai.com/swagger.json declares only a single `Basic` HTTP securityDefinition, which
  is the Django REST framework default and does NOT describe how the published Enterprise API is
  actually called. The documented schemes below are read from the SewerAI API reference and its
  worked Python examples, which are the authoritative statement of the auth model.
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  primary: apiKey
  oauth2: false
  openid_connect: false
  mutual_tls: false
  key_issuance: manual
  self_serve: false
schemes:
- name: tokenAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter_name: Authorization
  prefix: X-SAI
  example_header: 'Authorization: X-SAI {API_KEY}'
  description: >-
    Token-based authentication with the required prefix "X-SAI". The API key is sent in the standard
    Authorization header but with a SewerAI-specific scheme token rather than Bearer.
  sources:
  - https://docs.sewerai.com/#authentication-1
  - https://docs.sewerai.com/#example-scripts
- name: jwtAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearer_format: JWT
  description: >-
    HTTP bearer authentication with a JSON Web Token. Tokens are obtained from POST /token/ and
    renewed with POST /token/refresh/ (operationIds token_create and token_refresh_create in the
    published contract).
  token_endpoints:
  - operationId: token_create
    path: /token/
    method: POST
  - operationId: token_refresh_create
    path: /token/refresh/
    method: POST
  sources:
  - https://docs.sewerai.com/#authentication-1
  - openapi/sewerai-swagger.json
- name: Basic
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  status: contract-declared-only
  description: >-
    Declared as the sole securityDefinition in the published swagger.json. This is the unmodified
    Django REST framework / drf-yasg default and is not documented anywhere in the SewerAI API
    reference. Recorded for fidelity to the contract; not treated as the intended auth model.
  sources:
  - openapi/sewerai-swagger.json
onboarding:
  self_serve: false
  process: >-
    "Please request an API token by contacting your point of contact at SewerAI or emailing:
    info at sewerai.com. You must be a registered user to test or utilize the API."
  contact: info@sewerai.com
  docs: https://docs.sewerai.com/#authentication-1
observed:
- url: https://api.sewerai.com/v1/inspections/
  method: GET
  http_status: 403
  body: '{"detail":"Authentication credentials were not provided."}'
  checked: '2026-08-27'
  note: Anonymous request; confirms the surface is live and auth-gated.