generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://api.sproutsocial.com/docs/
docs: https://api.sproutsocial.com/docs/
name: Sprout Social API authentication profile
description: >-
  The Sprout Social Public API accepts two credential types on the same
  Authorization bearer header: a long-lived account-scoped API token generated in the
  Sprout web app, and a JWT access token issued by Sprout's Okta-hosted OAuth 2.0
  authorization server. There is no OpenAPI document to derive from — this profile was
  read from the provider's own documentation and from the live RFC 8414 authorization
  server metadata saved in well-known/.

summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  - openIdConnect
  http_schemes:
  - bearer
  bearer_format: JWT or opaque Sprout API token
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
  refresh_token_supported: true
  pkce: true
  mtls: false

schemes:
- name: SproutApiToken
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  in: header
  parameter_name: Authorization
  format: 'Authorization: Bearer <API token>'
  description: >-
    Account-scoped API token. Any Sprout user holding the "API Permissions" permission
    can generate, view and invalidate tokens from Settings > Global Features > API >
    API Token Management. Tokens are customer-account scoped, not user scoped.
  issuance: Sprout web application (Settings > Global Features > API)
  source: https://api.sproutsocial.com/docs/

- name: SproutOAuth2ClientCredentials
  type: oauth2
  flow: clientCredentials
  token_url: https://identity.sproutsocial.com/oauth2/84e39c75-d770-45d9-90a9-7b79e3037d2c/v1/token
  token_endpoint_auth_methods:
  - client_secret_basic
  - client_secret_post
  description: >-
    Machine-to-machine authentication. Clients are provisioned under OAuth Client
    Management in the Sprout app ("Generate configuration" > Machine-to-machine
    authentication), which returns a client_id and client_secret. The published example
    requests scope=organization_id.
  documented_request: >-
    POST /v1/token with Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded and
    client_id, client_secret, grant_type=client_credentials, scope=organization_id
  source: https://api.sproutsocial.com/docs/

- name: SproutOAuth2AuthorizationCode
  type: oauth2
  flow: authorizationCode
  authorization_url: https://identity.sproutsocial.com/oauth2/84e39c75-d770-45d9-90a9-7b79e3037d2c/v1/authorize
  token_url: https://identity.sproutsocial.com/oauth2/84e39c75-d770-45d9-90a9-7b79e3037d2c/v1/token
  refresh_supported: true
  pkce_methods:
  - S256
  description: >-
    User-based authentication. The OAuth client configuration requires a list of allowed
    redirect URIs, and the integrating application requires users to log in with Sprout.
  source: well-known/sprout-social-oauth-authorization-server.json

- name: SproutOpenIDConnect
  type: openIdConnect
  issuer: https://identity.sproutsocial.com/oauth2/84e39c75-d770-45d9-90a9-7b79e3037d2c
  openid_configuration_url: https://identity.sproutsocial.com/oauth2/84e39c75-d770-45d9-90a9-7b79e3037d2c/.well-known/openid-configuration
  userinfo_endpoint: https://identity.sproutsocial.com/oauth2/84e39c75-d770-45d9-90a9-7b79e3037d2c/v1/userinfo
  jwks_uri: https://identity.sproutsocial.com/oauth2/84e39c75-d770-45d9-90a9-7b79e3037d2c/v1/jwks
  id_token_signing_alg_values:
  - RS256
  - ES512
  claims:
  - sub
  - aud
  - email
  - exp
  - family_name
  - given_name
  - iat
  - iss
  - sid
  - client_id
  - oid
  - iid
  - actor
  source: well-known/sprout-social-openid-configuration.json

authorization_server:
  issuer: https://identity.sproutsocial.com/oauth2/84e39c75-d770-45d9-90a9-7b79e3037d2c
  metadata_url: https://identity.sproutsocial.com/oauth2/84e39c75-d770-45d9-90a9-7b79e3037d2c/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
  grant_types_supported:
  - authorization_code
  - refresh_token
  - client_credentials
  response_types_supported:
  - code
  response_modes_supported:
  - query
  - form_post
  code_challenge_methods_supported:
  - S256
  introspection_endpoint: https://identity.sproutsocial.com/oauth2/84e39c75-d770-45d9-90a9-7b79e3037d2c/v1/introspect
  revocation_endpoint: https://identity.sproutsocial.com/oauth2/84e39c75-d770-45d9-90a9-7b79e3037d2c/v1/revoke
  file: well-known/sprout-social-oauth-authorization-server.json

access_requirements:
  plan: Advanced or higher (or Enterprise)
  plan_source: https://sproutsocial.com/pricing/
  additional_agreement: >-
    Access to X (Twitter) data through the Sprout API additionally requires a Sprout
    user with the API Permissions permission to accept the Sprout API X Content End
    User License Agreement, presented at the top of the API page under Global Features
    in Settings.
  terms: https://sproutsocial.com/legal/api-terms-of-service/

request_headers:
- header: Authorization
  value: Bearer <OAuth access token OR API token>
  required: true
- header: Accept
  value: application/json
  required: true
- header: Content-Type
  value: application/json
  required: true

notes:
- The Authorization header accepts both account-scoped API tokens and OAuth access
  tokens interchangeably; the API does not distinguish them at the header level.
- No mutual TLS, no request signing, and no HTTP Basic authentication is documented
  for the data API itself. Basic auth appears only as a token-endpoint client
  authentication method on the authorization server.