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Ably Authentication API

The Authentication API from Ably — 1 operation(s) for authentication.

Ably Authentication API is one of 12 APIs that Ably publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.0.32.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://control.ably.net/v1.

1 operations 1 paths 4 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1.0.32
Base URL
https://rest.ably.io
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Ably Authentication API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearer_auth).

  • bearer_auth — Control API uses bearer authentication. You need to generate an access token for use with this API. More details can be found in the Ably docs .

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authentication 1
POST
/keys/{keyName}/requestToken
Request an access token
requestAccessToken 3 params body → 2XXdefault

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TokenDetails (5 properties), Error (5 properties), TokenRequest (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SignedTokenRequest
TokenRequest
object
5 properties 4 required
Error
object
Returned error from failed REST.
5 properties
TokenDetails
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ably-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Ably apps API
Ably History API
Ably keys API
Ably namespaces API
Ably Publishing API
Ably Push API
Ably queues API
Ably rules API
Ably Stats API
Ably Status API
Ably tokens API