AOL

AOL OAuth2 API

OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code grant endpoints served by AOL at api.login.aol.com. Authorization, token exchange and refresh, plus the revocation and introspection endpoints AOL declares in its own OpenID Connect discovery document. Client authentication is client_secret_basic or client_secret_post; there is no client-credentials or device flow.

Operations 2

GET /oauth2/request_auth Authorization request #
POST /oauth2/get_token Token exchange and refresh #

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OpenAPI Specification

aol-oauth2-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Yahoo (formerly AOL) OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect O Auth2 API
  description: 'Yahoo OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect endpoints used by developers building on

    the Yahoo / former AOL identity platform. Following AOL''s acquisition by

    Verizon and merger with Yahoo, AOL developer identity APIs have been

    consolidated into the Yahoo Developer Network. The OAuth 2.0 Authorization

    Code grant is the supported flow; OpenID Connect adds a userinfo endpoint

    and a JWKS endpoint exposed at api.login.yahoo.com.


    This specification is generated from the public Yahoo Developer Network

    OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect documentation and the OpenID Connect discovery

    document at https://login.yahoo.com/.well-known/openid-configuration.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Yahoo Developer Support
    url: https://developer.yahoo.com/forum/
  license:
    name: Yahoo Terms of Service
    url: https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/terms/otos/index.html
servers:
- url: https://api.login.yahoo.com
  description: Yahoo identity / OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect server
tags:
- name: OAuth2
  description: OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code grant endpoints
paths:
  /oauth2/request_auth:
    get:
      tags:
      - OAuth2
      summary: Authorization request
      description: 'Redirects the user to Yahoo''s authorization page where the user

        authenticates and grants the requesting application access. On

        success Yahoo redirects back to `redirect_uri` with a `code`

        query parameter that can be exchanged at the token endpoint.

        '
      operationId: requestAuth
      parameters:
      - name: client_id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Consumer Key issued when registering an app at developer.yahoo.com
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: redirect_uri
        in: query
        required: true
        description: URI Yahoo will redirect to after the user authorizes the app
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uri
      - name: response_type
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Must be `code` for the Authorization Code grant
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - code
      - name: scope
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Space-separated OpenID Connect scopes (for example `openid profile email`)
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: state
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Opaque value returned unchanged on the redirect; use to prevent CSRF
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: language
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Language identifier for the Yahoo authorization UI
        schema:
          type: string
          default: en-us
      responses:
        '302':
          description: Redirect to the configured `redirect_uri` with `code` and `state` query parameters on success, or with `error` on failure.
  /oauth2/get_token:
    post:
      tags:
      - OAuth2
      summary: Token exchange and refresh
      description: 'Exchanges an authorization code for access and refresh tokens, or

        exchanges a refresh token for a new access token. The `grant_type`

        parameter selects the behaviour. Client credentials may be passed

        in the body or in an `Authorization: Basic` header with

        base64-encoded `client_id:client_secret`.

        '
      operationId: getToken
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - client_id
              - client_secret
              - redirect_uri
              - grant_type
              properties:
                client_id:
                  type: string
                  description: Consumer Key
                client_secret:
                  type: string
                  description: Consumer Secret
                redirect_uri:
                  type: string
                  format: uri
                  description: Same redirect URI used in the authorization request
                grant_type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - authorization_code
                  - refresh_token
                  description: Selects code exchange or refresh-token exchange
                code:
                  type: string
                  description: Authorization code returned from /oauth2/request_auth (required when grant_type=authorization_code)
                refresh_token:
                  type: string
                  description: Previously issued refresh token (required when grant_type=refresh_token)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Token response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Invalid client authentication
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    TokenResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        access_token:
          type: string
        token_type:
          type: string
          example: bearer
        expires_in:
          type: integer
          description: Lifetime of the access token in seconds
        refresh_token:
          type: string
        id_token:
          type: string
          description: Signed JWT ID token (when the `openid` scope is requested)
        xoauth_yahoo_guid:
          type: string
          description: Yahoo GUID of the authenticated user
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        error_description:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic authentication with base64-encoded `client_id:client_secret`
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: OAuth 2.0 Bearer access token
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth2/request_auth
          tokenUrl: https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth2/get_token
          scopes:
            openid: OpenID Connect authentication
            profile: Basic profile information
            email: Email address