BitWarden API

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Overview

The Bitwarden API lets you manage your organization's password vault, collections, and members programmatically using OAuth 2.0 authentication. It is ideal for automating credential management, syncing secrets in CI/CD pipelines, and auditing vault access. Bitwarden is fully open-source, so you can also self-host the entire stack.

Beginner Tip

You must first obtain an OAuth 2.0 access token using your organization's client ID and client secret before calling any endpoint. The token expires in one hour, so implement automatic token refresh in your application.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

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Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "result": "Data from BitWarden",
    "description": "Best open-source password manager",
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

Field Reference

access_token Bearer token to use in Authorization header for all subsequent API calls.

expires_in Number of seconds until the token expires (typically 3600).

token_type Always "Bearer" — use this as the prefix in your Authorization header.

scope The granted OAuth scopes for this token.

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request

const url = "https://identity.bitwarden.com/connect/token";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

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401 Unauthorized The access token is missing, expired, or was issued for a different scope.

✓ Request a fresh token from https://identity.bitwarden.com/connect/token using client_credentials grant type.

403 Forbidden Your organization account does not have permission to access the requested resource.

✓ Ensure the API key belongs to an organization Owner or Admin with the required permissions.

404 Not Found The collection or item ID does not exist in your organization vault.

✓ List all collections first with GET /public/collections to confirm the correct ID.

Metadata Score Breakdown

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