Okta Password API
The MyAccount Password API provides operations to enroll, update, and delete passwords.> **Note:** Super admins can enable the IDP MyAccount API password feature. See [Enable self-service features](https://help.okta.com/okta_help.htm?type=oie&id=ext_secur_manage_ea_bata).### API versioningA valid API version in the `Accept` header is required to access the API. Current version: `1.0.0````jsonAccept: application/json; okta-version=1.0.0```
Okta Password API is one of 37 APIs that Okta publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.
This API exposes 4 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Password. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, a JSON-LD context, and 4 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 4 operations across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2025.01.1.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{yourOktaDomain}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Okta Password API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 17 scopes.
oauth2— Pass the accesstoken as the value of the Authorization header: Authorization: Bearer {accesstoken}
Paths & Operations 4
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The MyAccount Password API provides operations to enroll, update, and delete passwords. Note: Super admins can enable the IDP MyAccount API password feature. See Enable self-servi…
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PasswordResponse (5 properties), Error (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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