---
type: api
title: Authentication
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4641/api/doc/cloud-enterprise/v4/authentication
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4641/api/doc/cloud-enterprise/v4/authentication
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise
---

# Authentication

- Basic: `Authorization: Basic <credentials>`
- Api key: `Authorization: <value>`