Application Auth Strategies are sets of plugin configurations that represent how the gateway will perform authentication and authorization for a Product Version. Called “Auth Strategy” for short in the context of portals/applications. The plugins are synced to any Gateway Service that is currently linked or becomes linked to the Product Version.
Kong App Auth Strategies API is one of 139 APIs that Kong publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.
Tagged areas include App Auth Strategies. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, a GitHub repository, an API reference, authentication docs, and 1 JSON Schema.
This API exposes
6 operations
across 2 paths,
and defines 42 schemas.
It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.14.0.
Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://global.api.konghq.com, https://us.api.konghq.com, https://eu.api.konghq.com, https://au.api.konghq.com.
6 operations2 paths42 schemas1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH1 POST1 PUT
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Kong App Auth Strategies API declares
4 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Token) (personalAccessToken).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Token) (systemAccountAccessToken).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (konnectAccessToken).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (serviceAccessToken).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
personalAccessToken — The personal access token is meant to be used as an alternative to basic-auth when accessing Konnect via APIs. You can generate a Personal Access Token (PAT) f…
systemAccountAccessToken — The system account access token is meant for automations and integrations that are not directly associated with a human identity. You can generate a system acc…
konnectAccessToken — The Konnect access token is meant to be used by the Konnect dashboard and the decK CLI to authenticate with.
serviceAccessToken — The Service access token is meant to be used between internal services.
Paths & Operations 6
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
App Auth Strategies 6
Application Auth Strategies are sets of plugin configurations that represent how the gateway will perform authentication and authorization for a Product Version. Called “Auth Stra…
The contract defines 42 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AppAuthStrategyKeyAuthResponse (11 properties), AppAuthStrategyOpenIDConnectResponse (11 properties), AppAuthStrategyOpenIDConnectRequest (6 properties), UpdateAppAuthStrategyRequest (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
BadRequestError
BaseError
object
standard error
5 properties4 required
InvalidParameterMinimumLength
object
5 properties4 required
UpdatedAt
string
An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity update date.
AppAuthStrategy
object
A set of plugin configurations that represent how the gateway will perform authentication and authorization for a Product Version. Called “Auth Strategy” for s…
1 required
StringFieldFilter
object
Filter using one of the following operators: eq, oeq, neq, contains, ocontains
5 properties
CreateAppAuthStrategyResponse
CreatedAt
string
An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity creation date.
PaginatedMeta
object
returns the pagination information
1 property1 required
UUID
string
Contains a unique identifier used for this resource.
AppAuthStrategyKeyAuthRequest
object
Request for creating a Key Auth Application Auth Strategy
5 properties4 required
AppAuthStrategyOpenIDConnectRequest
object
Payload for creating an OIDC Application Auth Strategy
6 properties4 required
UnauthorizedError
NotFoundError
UuidFieldFilter
object
Filter using one of the following operators: eq, oeq, neq
3 properties
GetAppAuthStrategyResponse
UpdateAppAuthStrategyRequestOpenIdConnect
object
1 property1 required
AppAuthStrategyConfigOpenIDConnect
object
A more advanced mode to configure an API Product Version’s Application Auth Strategy. Using this mode will allow developers to use API credentials issued from…
4 properties4 required
LabelsUpdate
object
Labels store metadata of an entity that can be used for filtering an entity list or for searching across entity types. Labels are intended to store INTERNAL me…
UpdateAppAuthStrategyRequestKeyAuth
object
1 property1 required
AppAuthStrategyConfigKeyAuth
object
The most basic mode to configure an Application Auth Strategy for an API Product Version. Using this mode will allow developers to generate API keys that will…
2 properties
InvalidParameterMaximumLength
object
5 properties4 required
InvalidParameterStandard
object
4 properties2 required
AppAuthStrategyKeyAuthResponse
object
Response payload from creating or updating a Key Auth Application Auth Strategy
11 properties10 required
PartialAppAuthStrategyConfigKeyAuth
object
Key Auth configuration for updating an Application Auth Strategy. The ttl field can be set to null to unset the Time-To-Live.
2 properties
PageMeta
object
Contains pagination query parameters and the total number of objects returned.
3 properties3 required
AuthStrategyName
string
The name of the auth strategy. This is used to identify the auth strategy in the Konnect UI.
UpdateAppAuthStrategyResponse
InvalidParameterChoiceItem
object
5 properties4 required
DcrProviderDisplayName
string
The display name of the DCR provider. This is used to identify the DCR provider in the Portal UI.
InvalidParameters
array
invalid parameters
CreateAppAuthStrategyRequest
object
Request body for creating an Application Auth Strategy
1 required
Labels
object
Labels store metadata of an entity that can be used for filtering an entity list or for searching across entity types. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters,…
PartialAppAuthStrategyConfigOpenIDConnect
object
A more advanced mode to configure an API Product Version’s Application Auth Strategy. Using this mode will allow developers to use API credentials issued from…
4 properties
ConflictError
ForbiddenError
AuthStrategyDisplayName
string
The display name of the Auth strategy. This is used to identify the Auth strategy in the Portal UI.
ListAppAuthStrategiesResponse
object
A paginated list response for a collection of Application Auth Strategies
2 properties2 required
InvalidParameterDependentItem
object
5 properties4 required
UpdateAppAuthStrategyRequest
object
Request body for updating an Application Auth Strategy
5 properties
AppAuthStrategyOpenIDConnectResponse
object
Response payload from creating an OIDC Application Auth Strategy
11 properties10 required
InvalidRules
string
invalid parameters rules
Specification
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