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IBM WebSphere Authentication API

Authentication and authorization

IBM WebSphere Authentication API is one of 35 APIs that IBM WebSphere publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, an API reference, a JSON-LD context, and 4 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 24.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://localhost:9443.

2 operations 2 paths 1 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
24.0.0
Base URL
https://localhost:9443/ibm/api
Authentication
HTTP Basic, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

IBM WebSphere Authentication API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (jwtAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic authentication
  • jwtAuth — MicroProfile JWT authentication

Paths & Operations 2

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

Authentication 2

Authentication and authorization

POST
/login
Authenticate and Get Ltpa Token
login body → 200401
POST
/logout
Logout and Invalidate Token
logout → 204

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

websphere-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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