Britive Step Up Authentication API

Manage service identity association to identity provider

Business capability
Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 3

POST /api/step-up/authenticate/{factor} Perform step up authentication using MFA factor #
POST /api/step-up/configuration Change tenant step up authentication configuration settings #
GET /api/step-up/configuration Retrieve tenant step up authentication configuration settings #

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OpenAPI Specification

britive-step-up-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Britive Services API Documentation Step Up Authentication API
  version: v1
  description: API documentation for Users, Tags, Identity providers, Applications, Reporting, Audit logs, Tenants, SSO, Profiles, Password policies, MFA, Access Builder Settings, etc.
servers:
- url: https://{tenantURL}
  description: The primary server
  variables:
    tenantURL:
      default: test.britive-app.com
      description: The host of the server
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Step Up Authentication
  description: Manage service identity association to identity provider
paths:
  /api/step-up/authenticate/{factor}:
    post:
      tags:
      - Step Up Authentication
      summary: Perform step up authentication using MFA factor
      operationId: stepUpAuthenticate
      parameters:
      - name: factor
        in: path
        description: MFA factor used
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - TOTP
          - WEB_AUTHN
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties:
                type: object
              description: Credentials to perform step up authentication
            example:
              otp: 093971
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The step up authentication result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MfaAuthResponse'
        '401':
          description: step up authentication failed due to invalid credential.
  /api/step-up/configuration:
    post:
      tags:
      - Step Up Authentication
      summary: Change tenant step up authentication configuration settings
      operationId: changeConfiguration
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/StepUpConfiguration'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The step up configuration settings
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StepUpConfiguration'
        '401':
          description: authentication failed invalid credential given.
        '403':
          description: authenticated user does not have administrator access.
    get:
      tags:
      - Step Up Authentication
      summary: Retrieve tenant step up authentication configuration settings
      operationId: getConfiguration
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The step up configuration settings
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StepUpConfiguration'
        '401':
          description: authentication failed with invalid credential given.
        '403':
          description: authenticated user does not have administrator access.
components:
  schemas:
    TotpConfiguration:
      required:
      - digits
      - hashFunction
      - timeStep
      type: object
      properties:
        hashFunction:
          type: string
          enum:
          - SHA1
          - SHA256
          - SHA512
        digits:
          maximum: '8'
          minimum: '6'
          type: integer
          format: int32
        timeStep:
          maximum: '60'
          minimum: '30'
          type: integer
          format: int32
    StepUpConfiguration:
      required:
      - completedCookieMaxAge
      - totpConfiguration
      - validationWindow
      type: object
      properties:
        validationWindow:
          maximum: '60'
          minimum: '15'
          type: integer
          description: How long in minutes the last step up authentication completion is valid before prompting for step up again.
          format: int32
        completedCookieMaxAge:
          maximum: '30'
          minimum: '2'
          type: integer
          description: How long in seconds the completion id cookie is valid for step up policy conditions enabled for always prompt for step up.
          format: int32
        totpConfiguration:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TotpConfiguration'
    MfaAuthResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        result:
          type: string
          enum:
          - SUCCEEDED
          - CHALLENGE
          - FAILED
        additionalDetails:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: object
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
x-api-evangelist:
  assembled_from: https://docs.britive.com/apidocs/ (one OpenAPI fragment per operation page, .md variant)
  assembled_on: '2026-08-08'
  fragments: 372
  note: Britive publishes this contract only as per-operation fragments inside its Document360 API reference. This file is the faithful union of those fragments; the verbatim assembly is in openapi/_original/.