Descope Auth API
The Auth API from Descope — 52 operation(s) for auth.
Descope Auth API is one of 16 APIs that Descope 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, API documentation, and an API reference.
This API exposes 58 operations across 52 paths, and defines 72 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 0.0.1.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.descope.com, {customUrl}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 5
Descope Auth API declares
5 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Project ID) (Descope Project ID).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Project ID:Refresh JWT) (Descope Project ID:Refresh JWT).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (ProjectId:AccessKey) (Descope Project ID:Access Key).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Project ID:Session JWT) (Descope Project ID:Session JWT).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (ProjectId:ManagementKey) (Descope Project ID and Management Key).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
Descope Project ID— Project ID as bearer token.Descope Project ID:Refresh JWT— Project ID:Refresh JWT as bearer token.Descope Project ID:Access Key— Project ID:Access Key as bearer token.Descope Project ID:Session JWT— Project ID:Session JWT as bearer token.Descope Project ID and Management Key— Project ID:Management Key as bearer token.
Paths & Operations 58
Across 52 paths, the API surfaces 58 operations — 12 GET, 46 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 72
The contract defines 72 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ResponseUser (34 properties), JWTResponse (19 properties), OptionalJWTResponse (15 properties), UpdateUserNOTPRequest (11 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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