Ably Authentication API

The Authentication API from Ably — 1 operation(s) for authentication.

OpenAPI Specification

ably-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Control API v1 apps Authentication API
  version: 1.0.32
  description: 'Use the Control API to manage your applications, namespaces, keys, queues, rules, and more.


    Detailed information on using this API can be found in the Ably <a href="https://ably.com/docs/account/control-api">Control API docs</a>.


    Control API is currently in Preview.

    '
servers:
- url: https://control.ably.net/v1
tags:
- name: Authentication
paths:
  /keys/{keyName}/requestToken:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/versionHeader'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/responseFormat'
    post:
      summary: Request an access token
      operationId: requestAccessToken
      description: This is the means by which clients obtain access tokens to use the service. You can see how to construct an Ably TokenRequest in the [Ably TokenRequest spec](https://www.ably.io/documentation/rest-api/token-request-spec) documentation, although we recommend you use an Ably SDK rather to create a TokenRequest, as the construction of a TokenRequest is complex. The resulting token response object contains the token properties as defined in Ably TokenRequest spec. Authentication is not required if using a Signed TokenRequest.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/key_name'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenRequest'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SignedTokenRequest'
            example:
              keyName: YourKey.Name
              timestamp: '1559124196551'
              capability:
                channel1:
                - publish
                - subscribe
                wildcard:channels:*:
                - publish
      responses:
        2XX:
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenDetails'
            application/x-msgpack:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenDetails'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
components:
  headers:
    ErrorCode:
      description: The error code.
      schema:
        type: integer
    ServerId:
      description: The ID for the server communicated with.
      schema:
        type: string
      required: true
    ErrorMessage:
      description: The error message.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    SignedTokenRequest:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenRequest'
      - type: object
        properties:
          mac:
            type: string
            description: A signature, generated as an HMAC of each of the above components, using the key secret value.
        required:
        - mac
    TokenRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        keyName:
          type: string
          description: Name of the key used for the TokenRequest. The keyName comprises of the app ID and key ID on an API Key.
          example: xVLyHw.LMJZxw
        capability:
          type: object
          description: The [capabilities](https://www.ably.io/documentation/core-features/authentication#capabilities-explained) (i.e. a set of channel names/namespaces and, for each, a set of operations) which should be a subset of the set of capabilities associated with the key specified in keyName.
          example:
            channel1:
            - publish
            - subscribe
        clientId:
          type: string
          description: The [client ID](https://www.ably.io/documentation/core-features/authentication#identified-clients) to be assosciated with the token. Can be set to * to allow for any client ID to be used.
        timestamp:
          type: integer
          description: Time of creation of the Ably TokenRequest.
        nonce:
          type: string
          description: An unquoted, un-escaped random string of at least 16 characters. Used to ensure the Ably TokenRequest cannot be reused.
      required:
      - keyName
      - capability
      - timestamp
      - nonce
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Returned error from failed REST.
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Message explaining the error's cause.
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Error code.
        statusCode:
          type: integer
          description: Status error code.
        href:
          type: string
          description: Link to help with error.
        serverId:
          type: string
          description: Server ID with which error was encountered.
    TokenDetails:
      type: object
      properties:
        token:
          type: string
          description: The Ably Token.
        keyName:
          type: string
          description: Name of the key used to create the token
        issued:
          type: integer
          description: Timestamp of token creation.
        expires:
          type: integer
          description: Timestamp of token expiration.
        capability:
          type: string
          description: Regular expression representation of the capabilities of the token.
  parameters:
    responseFormat:
      in: query
      name: format
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - json
        - jsonp
        - msgpack
        - html
      description: The response format you would like
    key_name:
      name: keyName
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
      required: true
      description: The [key name](https://www.ably.io/documentation/rest-api/token-request-spec#api-key-format) comprises of the app ID and key ID of an API key.
    versionHeader:
      in: header
      name: X-Ably-Version
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The version of the API you wish to use.
  responses:
    Error:
      description: Error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        application/x-msgpack:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        text/html:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      headers:
        x-ably-errorcode:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/ErrorCode'
        x-ably-errormessage:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/ErrorMessage'
        x-ably-serverid:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/ServerId'
  securitySchemes:
    bearer_auth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Control API uses bearer authentication. You need to generate an access token for use with this API. More details can be found in the <a href="https://ably.com/docs/account/control-api/#authentication">Ably docs</a>.