Kong Authentication API
The Authentication API from Kong — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
Kong Authentication 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 Authentication. 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 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.14.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, {protocol}://{hostname}:{port}{path}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Kong Authentication API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Kong-Admin-Token (adminToken).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
Paths & Operations 1
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 10
The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are InvalidParameterMaximumLength (5 properties), InvalidParameterMinimumLength (5 properties), InvalidParameterDependentItem (5 properties), BaseError (5 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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