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Wayfair Authentication API

Token-based authentication for API access.

Wayfair Authentication API is one of 2 APIs that Wayfair 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 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.wayfair.com/v1, https://sandbox.api.wayfair.com/v1.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.wayfair.com/v1/graphql
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Wayfair Authentication API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth).

  • bearerAuth — OAuth2 Bearer token obtained from the /auth/token endpoint. Include as Authorization: Bearer {token} header on all GraphQL requests.

Paths & Operations 1

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

Authentication 1

Token-based authentication for API access.

POST
/auth/token
Wayfair Get Access Token
getAccessToken body → 200401

Schemas 3

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

TokenResponse
object
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
TokenRequest
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wayfair-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Wayfair publishes across the network.

Wayfair GraphQL API