Authzed

Authzed Permissions API

Check, expand, and lookup permissions on resources and subjects

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 5

POST /v1/permissions/check CheckPermission determines for a given resource whether a subject computes to… #
POST /v1/permissions/checkbulk CheckBulkPermissions evaluates the given list of permission checks and returns… #
POST /v1/permissions/expand ExpandPermissionTree reveals the graph structure for a resource's permission or… #
POST /v1/permissions/resources LookupResources returns all the resources of a given type that a subject can… #
POST /v1/permissions/subjects LookupSubjects returns all the subjects of a given type that have access… #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/discovering-spicedb

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/authzed/openapi/authzed-permissions-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/authzed/api

Other Resources

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GrpcDocumentation
https://buf.build/authzed/api/docs/main:authzed.api.v1
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SDKs
https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/client-libraries

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OpenAPI Specification

authzed-permissions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Authzed SpiceDB Permissions API
  description: SpiceDB Permissions API — gRPC and HTTP/JSON interfaces for writing schemas, managing relationship tuples, and executing permission checks using a Zanzibar-inspired graph model. Supports CheckPermission, LookupResources, LookupSubjects, WriteRelationships, ReadRelationships, DeleteRelationships, WriteSchema, ReadSchema, and streaming Watch operations.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Authzed, Inc.
    url: https://github.com/authzed/api
    email: support@authzed.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0 License
    url: https://github.com/authzed/api/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://grpc.authzed.com
  description: Authzed Cloud primary endpoint
- url: https://app.authzed.com
  description: Authzed Cloud management endpoint
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/authzed/openapi/authzed-permissions-api-openapi.yml