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CarAPI Authentication API

Endpoints for obtaining a JWT token for API access.

CarAPI Authentication API is one of 2 APIs that CarAPI publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://carapi.app.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v1
Server
https://carapi.app
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

CarAPI Authentication API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — JWT bearer token obtained from /api/auth/login.

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

Endpoints for obtaining a JWT token for API access.

POST
/api/auth/login
Authenticate and Obtain JWT
authLogin body → 200401

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GenericObject
object
Generic JSON object response.
LoginRequest
object
API credentials used to obtain a JWT token.
Error
object
Generic error response.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

carapi-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs CarAPI publishes across the network.

CarAPI Vehicles API