# Authentication Type ## Overview The Adjútor API service requires authentication to be able to consume the services. Authentication is performed via Bearer Authentication. {% hint style="info" %} #### Notes * The access token being referred to is the API key * Every endpoint requires authentication, so you will need to add the following header to authenticate each request:\ `Authorization: Bearer` {{access\_token}} * Authentication to the API is performed via [HTTP Basic Auth](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication). * All API requests must be made over [HTTPS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Secure). Note that calls made over plain HTTP will fail. * API requests without authentication will also fail. {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.adjutor.io/authentication/authentication-type.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.