Authentication

Authenticate your account using one of the methods outlined below. The response returns a session ID that you can use in subsequent API calls. Session IDs time out after a period of inactivity, which varies by Vault. Learn more about session duration and management. After acquiring a Vault Session ID, include it on every subsequent API call inside the Authorization HTTP request header.

Basic Authorization

Section link for Basic Authorization

Name	Description
Authorization	{sessionId}

Alternatively, you can use Salesforce or OAuth2/OIDC Delegated Requests.

The Vault API also accepts Vault Session IDs as Bearer tokens. Include Bearer keyword to send Vault Session IDs with as bearer tokens:

Bearer Token Authorization

Section link for Bearer Token Authorization

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {sessionId}