VA Lighthouse Status API
The Status API from VA Lighthouse — 2 operation(s) for status.
VA Lighthouse Status 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 Status. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a changelog, and authentication docs.
This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 12 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 Status 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 3
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 12
The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FederalVeteranAttributes (18 properties), VeteranAttributes (17 properties), ApiErrorDetails (4 properties), VeteranStatusDetails (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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