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Cerbos AuthZEN API

OpenID AuthZEN standards-compliant evaluation endpoints.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Cerbos PDP REST Admin Audit AuthZEN API
  description: 'REST/JSON interface exposed by the Cerbos Policy Decision Point (PDP) for

    authorization decisions and policy administration. Includes CheckResources,

    PlanResources, ServerInfo, OpenID AuthZEN endpoints, and the Admin API for

    policy and schema management. Generated as a best-effort spec from public

    Cerbos documentation; the canonical OpenAPI is served by every PDP at

    /schema/swagger.json.

    '
  version: 0.x
  contact:
    name: Cerbos
    url: https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/api/index
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://github.com/cerbos/cerbos/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: http://localhost:3592
  description: Local Cerbos PDP (default HTTP port).
tags:
- name: AuthZEN
  description: OpenID AuthZEN standards-compliant evaluation endpoints.
paths:
  /.well-known/authzen-configuration:
    get:
      tags:
      - AuthZEN
      summary: AuthZEN discovery
      description: OpenID AuthZEN configuration discovery document.
      operationId: authzenConfiguration
      responses:
        '200':
          description: AuthZEN configuration.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /access/v1/evaluation:
    post:
      tags:
      - AuthZEN
      summary: AuthZEN single evaluation
      description: Single access evaluation request per OpenID AuthZEN.
      operationId: authzenEvaluation
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthZenEvaluationRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: AuthZEN evaluation decision.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthZenEvaluationResponse'
  /access/v1/evaluations:
    post:
      tags:
      - AuthZEN
      summary: AuthZEN batch evaluations
      description: Batch access evaluations per OpenID AuthZEN.
      operationId: authzenEvaluations
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Batch evaluation decisions.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  schemas:
    AuthZenEvaluationRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        subject:
          type: object
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
            id:
              type: string
            properties:
              type: object
        resource:
          type: object
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
            id:
              type: string
            properties:
              type: object
        action:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
            properties:
              type: object
        context:
          type: object
    AuthZenEvaluationResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        decision:
          type: boolean
        context:
          type: object
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Basic authentication for the Admin API (default cerbos/cerbosAdmin; override in production).