Acuant

Acuant Authentication API

Token issuance and validation

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Operations 2

POST /api/v1/token Obtain bearer token #

GET /api/v1/token/validate Validate bearer token #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Acuant ACAS (Cloud Service) Authentication API
  description: Acuant Cloud Authentication Service (ACAS) provides authentication token management for initializing and authorizing SDK and API sessions. Supports Basic Auth (Base64) credential exchange and bearer token issuance for use with other Acuant APIs. Regional endpoints available for USA, EU, AUS, and preview environments.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Acuant Support
    url: https://support.acuant.com
  x-api-id: acuant:acas
servers:
- url: https://us.acas.acuant.net
  description: USA Production
- url: https://eu.acas.acuant.net
  description: EU Production
- url: https://aus.acas.acuant.net
  description: AUS Production
- url: https://preview.acas.acuant.net
  description: Preview / Sandbox
security:
- BasicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: Token issuance and validation
paths:
  /api/v1/token:
    post:
      operationId: getAuthToken
      summary: Obtain bearer token
      description: Exchanges Basic Auth credentials (Base64-encoded username:password) for a bearer token. The returned token is used to authenticate requests to other Acuant APIs (FRM, Passive Liveness, etc.). Tokens are time-limited and should be refreshed before expiry.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Bearer token issued successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenResponse'
              example:
                token: eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...
                tokenKey: Bearer
                tokenType: JWT
                expiresIn: 1800
        '401':
          description: Invalid credentials
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Account inactive or subscription expired
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/v1/token/validate:
    get:
      operationId: validateToken
      summary: Validate bearer token
      description: Checks whether a bearer token is still valid and not expired.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Token is valid
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenValidationResult'
        '401':
          description: Token is invalid or expired
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    TokenResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        token:
          type: string
          description: JWT bearer token for use with other Acuant APIs
        tokenKey:
          type: string
          description: Token prefix (typically "Bearer")
          example: Bearer
        tokenType:
          type: string
          description: Token format
          example: JWT
        expiresIn:
          type: integer
          description: Token validity duration in seconds
          example: 1800
    TokenValidationResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        isValid:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the token is currently valid
        expiresAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Token expiration timestamp
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        Code:
          type: integer
          description: Error code
        Message:
          type: string
          description: Error description
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic authentication. Credentials encoded as Base64("username:password") in the Authorization header.
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: JWT bearer token obtained from the /api/v1/token endpoint.