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WattTime Authentication API

Register for an account and obtain access tokens.

WattTime Authentication API is one of 6 APIs that WattTime publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 6 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.watttime.org/v3, https://api2.watttime.org/v2.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.0
Base URL
https://api.watttime.org/v3
Authentication
HTTP Basic, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

WattTime Authentication API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth).

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic Authentication used only for the /login endpoint. Provide username and password to obtain a bearer token.
  • bearerAuth — JWT bearer token obtained from the /login endpoint. Token expires after 30 minutes. Include as Authorization: Bearer {token} header.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authentication 2

Register for an account and obtain access tokens.

POST
/register
WattTime Register New Account
register body → 201400
GET
/login
WattTime Login and Obtain Access Token
login → 200401

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are RegisterRequest (4 properties), ErrorResponse (3 properties), RegisterResponse (2 properties), LoginResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

LoginResponse
object
1 property
ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
RegisterResponse
object
2 properties
RegisterRequest
object
4 properties 4 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

watttime-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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