--- canonical: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developer-resources/api-reference/http-api/authentication/ description: 'You can authenticate HTTP API requests using basic authentication or a service account token.' keywords: - grafana - http - documentation - api - role-based-access-control - acl - enterprise labels: products: - enterprise - oss title: Authentication options for the HTTP API menuTitle: Authentication weight: 01 aliases: - ../../../developers/http_api/authentication/ # /docs/grafana/next/developers/http_api/authentication/ --- # Authentication ## Authentication options for the HTTP API for Grafana OSS {{< docs/shared lookup="developers/authentication.md" source="grafana" version="<GRAFANA_VERSION>" >}} ## Authentication options for the HTTP API in Grafana Cloud {{< docs/shared source="grafana-cloud" lookup="/developer-resources/authentication.md" version="" >}}