# Apache CouchDB Authentication API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/apache-couchdb/apache-couchdb-authentication-api/  
**Provider:** Apache CouchDB — https://apis.io/providers/apache-couchdb/  
**Documentation:** https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/api/index.html

Apache CouchDB Authentication API is one of 9 APIs that [Apache CouchDB](https://apis.io/providers/apache-couchdb/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification. This API exposes 48 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, an API reference, a GitHub repository, an AsyncAPI specification, and 48 JSON Schemas.

Session and authentication management

## Machine-readable artifacts (87)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/openapi/apache-couchdb-authentication-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/api/index.html
- **GettingStarted** — https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/intro/index.html
- **APIReference** — https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/api/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/apache/couchdb
- **SDKs** — https://www.npmjs.com/package/nano
- **SDKs** — https://pypi.org/project/couchdb/
- **SDKs** — https://pypi.org/project/aiocouch/
- **Tools** — https://github.com/apache/couchdb-fauxton
- **Tools** — https://github.com/apache/couchdb-docker
- **Tools** — https://github.com/apache/couchdb-helm
- **SDKs** — https://github.com/apache/pouchdb
- **AsyncAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/apache-couchdb-changes-feed-asyncapi.yaml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-all-docs-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-bulk-docs-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-change-row-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-changes-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-cluster-setup-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-create-index-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-create-index-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-database-info-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-doc-row-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-document-input-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-document-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-error-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-find-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-find-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-indexes-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-keys-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-ok-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-replication-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-replication-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-server-info-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-session-info-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-session-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-view-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apache-couchdb-write-response-schema.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-structure/apache-couchdb-all-docs-response-structure.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-structure/apache-couchdb-bulk-docs-request-structure.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-couchdb/refs/heads/main/json-structure/apache-couchdb-change-row-structure.json
- …and 47 more, listed in full on the page.

## Other Apache CouchDB APIs (8)

- [Apache CouchDB Changes API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-couchdb/apache-couchdb-changes-api/)
- [Apache CouchDB Cluster API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-couchdb/apache-couchdb-cluster-api/)
- [Apache CouchDB Database API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-couchdb/apache-couchdb-database-api/)
- [Apache CouchDB Design Documents API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-couchdb/apache-couchdb-design-documents-api/)
- [Apache CouchDB Documents API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-couchdb/apache-couchdb-documents-api/)
- [Apache CouchDB Mango API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-couchdb/apache-couchdb-mango-api/)
- [Apache CouchDB Replication API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-couchdb/apache-couchdb-replication-api/)
- [Apache CouchDB Server API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-couchdb/apache-couchdb-server-api/)

## Tags

Authentication

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