Canonical

Canonical Authentication API

The authentication API from Canonical — 4 operation(s) for authentication.

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Operations 5

GET /v1/auth/saml/login Saml Login #

GET /v1/auth/saml/logout Saml Logout #

POST /v1/auth/saml/acs Saml Login Callback #

GET /v1/auth/saml/sls Saml Logout Callback #

POST /v1/auth/saml/sls Saml Logout Callback #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Test Observer Authentication API
  description: Test Observer API (see https://github.com/canonical/test_observer)
  license:
    name: GNU Affero General Public License v3
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canonical/test_observer/refs/heads/main/backend/LICENSE
  version: 0.1.0
tags:
- name: Authentication
paths:
  /v1/auth/saml/login:
    get:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Saml Login
      operationId: saml_login_v1_auth_saml_login_get
      parameters:
      - name: return_to
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Return To
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /v1/auth/saml/logout:
    get:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Saml Logout
      operationId: saml_logout_v1_auth_saml_logout_get
      parameters:
      - name: return_to
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Return To
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /v1/auth/saml/acs:
    post:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Saml Login Callback
      operationId: saml_login_callback_v1_auth_saml_acs_post
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
  /v1/auth/saml/sls:
    get:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Saml Logout Callback
      operationId: saml_logout_callback_v1_auth_saml_sls_get
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
    post:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Saml Logout Callback
      operationId: saml_logout_callback_v1_auth_saml_sls_post
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
components:
  schemas:
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
      - loc
      - msg
      - type
      title: ValidationError