VA Lighthouse Enrolled Benefits API
The Enrolled Benefits API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for enrolled benefits.
VA Lighthouse Enrolled Benefits API is one of 36 APIs that Department of Veterans Affairs (VA Lighthouse) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Enrolled Benefits. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a changelog, and authentication docs.
This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 11 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.1.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://sandbox-api.va.gov/services/veteran_verification/{version}, https://api.va.gov/services/veteran_verification/{version}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
VA Lighthouse Enrolled Benefits API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (productionOauth2) using the clientCredentials and authorizationCode flows, exposing 13 scopes.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (sandboxOauth2) using the clientCredentials and authorizationCode flows, exposing 13 scopes.
productionOauth2— This API uses OAuth 2.0 with client credentials grant flow and authorization code grant flow.sandboxOauth2— This API uses OAuth 2.0 with client credentials grant flow and authorization code grant flow
Paths & Operations 2
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 11
The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are VeteranAttributes (17 properties), ApiErrorDetails (4 properties), AuthorizationError (3 properties), ForbiddenServerError (3 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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