Cognite User profiles API
User profiles is an authoritative source of core user profile information (email,name, job title, etc.) for principals based on data from the identity providerconfigured for the CDF project.User profiles are first created (usually within a few seconds) when a principal issuesa request against a CDF API. We currently don't support automatic exchange of user identityinformation between the identity provider and CDF, but the profile data is updated regularlywith the latest data from the identity provider for the principals issuing requests againsta CDF API.Note:- Do not use other fields than `userIdentifier` (e.g. email) to uniquely identify aprincipal. User profile data is mutable and is not guaranteed to be stable or unique (except`userIdentifier`).- Do not use user profile data for authentication or authorization purposes. It is notguaranteed to be under the strict governance necessary for that. For example, one should notuse email address as proof of identity or job title to give access to resources.- We strongly recommend _against_ storing any user profile data. It is intended for displaypurposes only and may update at any time. Clients should fetch user profile data at demand,and optionally cache for performance reasons.
Cognite User profiles API is one of 90 APIs that Cognite publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include User Profiles. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 14 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v1.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 5
Cognite User profiles API declares
5 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (OpenID Connect or OAuth2 token) (oidc-token).
It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2-client-credentials) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2-auth-code) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2-open-industrial-data) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope.
It supports OpenID Connect (org-oidc-token) discovered at https://auth.cognite.com/.well-known/openid-configuration.
By default, every request must be authenticated.
oidc-token— Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to acce…oauth2-client-credentials— Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to acce…oauth2-auth-code— Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to acce…oauth2-open-industrial-data— Auth flow for Open Industrial Data. Get your client secret from https://hub.cognite.com/open-industrial-data-211.org-oidc-token— Access token issued by the Cognite authorization server, and valid for the target organization. The token must be an OpenID Connect token, and it can be obtain…
Paths & Operations 5
Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 3 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
User profiles is an authoritative source of core user profile information (email, name, job title, etc.) for principals based on data from the identity provider configured for the…
Schemas 14
The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are UserPrincipal (8 properties), UserProfileItem (8 properties), ServicePrincipal (4 properties), UserProfilesSearchRequest (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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