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PlayFab Authentication API

Login, registration, and identity provider sign-in.

PlayFab Authentication API is one of 16 APIs that PlayFab 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.

This API exposes 10 operations across 10 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com.

10 operations 10 paths 6 schemas 10 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://titleId.playfabapi.com/Client
Authentication
API Key, API Key
License
Proprietary
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

PlayFab Authentication API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Authorization (sessionTicket). An API key is passed in the header as X-EntityToken (entityToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • sessionTicket — Session ticket returned by a successful LoginWith call. Required for all Client API operations other than login/registration.
  • entityToken — Entity token used for Entity-model API calls.

Paths & Operations 10

Across 10 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 10 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authentication 10

Login, registration, and identity provider sign-in.

POST
/Client/LoginWithPlayFab
Sign in with a PlayFab username and password
body → 200400
POST
/Client/LoginWithEmailAddress
Sign in with an email address and password
body → 200400
POST
/Client/LoginWithCustomID
Sign in with a developer-supplied custom identifier
body → 200
POST
/Client/LoginWithAndroidDeviceID
Sign in with an Android device identifier
body → 200
POST
/Client/LoginWithIOSDeviceID
Sign in with an iOS device identifier
body → 200
POST
/Client/LoginWithApple
Sign in with a Sign in with Apple identity token
body → 200
POST
/Client/LoginWithGoogleAccount
Sign in with Google account credentials
body → 200
POST
/Client/LoginWithSteam
Sign in with a Steam authentication ticket
body → 200
POST
/Client/LoginWithXbox
Sign in with an Xbox Live token
body → 200
POST
/Client/RegisterPlayFabUser
Register a new PlayFab user account
body → 200

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are GetPlayerCombinedInfoRequestParams (10 properties), LoginResult (6 properties), ApiErrorWrapper (6 properties), EntityTokenResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

LoginResultEnvelope
object
3 properties
EntityTokenResponse
object
3 properties
ApiErrorWrapper
object
6 properties
EntityKey
object
2 properties
GetPlayerCombinedInfoRequestParams
object
10 properties
LoginResult
object
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

playfab-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs PlayFab publishes across the network.

PlayFab Client API
PlayFab Server API
PlayFab Admin API
PlayFab CloudScript API
PlayFab Multiplayer API
PlayFab Matchmaking API
PlayFab Economy (Catalog / Inventory) API
PlayFab Data API
PlayFab Groups API
PlayFab Profiles API
PlayFab Events API
PlayFab Insights API
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