The authentication type used on an already authenticated instance can be verified by the platform API call GET/instances/{id}. This API call displays the configuration parameter in which authentication.type displays the correct authentication type used for the authenticated instance.
Here is an example of a Quickbooks Online authenticated instance:
{ "configuration": { "base.url": "https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com", "event.notification.subscription.id": null, "quickbooks.realm.id": "9130346788056166", "event.notification.basic.username": "", "quickbooks.webhook.realm.id": "9130346788056166", "authentication.type": "oauth2", "event.vendor.type": "polling", "use_sandbox": "false", "filter.response.nulls": "true", "pagination.type": "offset", }