Cerbos

Cerbos Check API

Evaluate authorization decisions.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Cerbos PDP REST Admin Audit Check 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: Check
  description: Evaluate authorization decisions.
paths:
  /api/check/resources:
    post:
      tags:
      - Check
      summary: Check resources
      description: Evaluate authorization for a principal against one or more resources and actions.
      operationId: checkResources
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CheckResourcesRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Authorization decisions per resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CheckResourcesResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    CheckResourcesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        requestId:
          type: string
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              resource:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                  kind:
                    type: string
                  policyVersion:
                    type: string
                  scope:
                    type: string
              actions:
                type: object
                additionalProperties:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - EFFECT_ALLOW
                  - EFFECT_DENY
                  - EFFECT_NO_MATCH
              validationErrors:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
        cerbosCallId:
          type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
    Resource:
      type: object
      required:
      - kind
      - id
      properties:
        kind:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        policyVersion:
          type: string
        scope:
          type: string
        attr:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    Principal:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - roles
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        policyVersion:
          type: string
        scope:
          type: string
        roles:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        attr:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    CheckResourcesRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - principal
      - resources
      properties:
        requestId:
          type: string
        principal:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Principal'
        resources:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceEntry'
        auxData:
          type: object
        includeMeta:
          type: boolean
    ResourceEntry:
      type: object
      required:
      - actions
      - resource
      properties:
        actions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        resource:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
  responses:
    Error:
      description: Error response.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Basic authentication for the Admin API (default cerbos/cerbosAdmin; override in production).