CHAOSS

CHAOSS Login API

The login API from CHAOSS — 2 operation(s) for login.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

POST /user/session/generate Generate user session token #
POST /user/session/refresh Refresh user session token #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.collectoss.org/en/latest/
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APIReference
https://docs.collectoss.org/en/latest/rest-api/api.html
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Authentication
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Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chaoss/refs/heads/main/openapi/chaoss-login-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/chaoss/CollectOSS

Other Resources

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ErrorCatalog
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DataModel
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OpenAPI Specification

chaoss-login-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CollectOSS REST Login API
  version: 0.60.0
host: example.com
basePath: /api/unstable/
tags:
- name: Login
paths:
  /user/session/generate:
    post:
      description: The final step in the CollectOSS Oauth authorization process. The Client Application uses this endpoint to exchange a temporary authorization code (generated in the previous authorization step) with a valid Bearer token.
      operationId: Generate User Session Token
      parameters:
      - description: Client [API_Key]
        in: header
        required: true
        name: Authorization
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      - description: Temporary authorization code
        in: query
        required: true
        name: code
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      - description: Required to be "code"
        in: query
        required: true
        name: grant_type
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                - Validated
                - Invalid grant type
                - Invalid authorization code
                - Invalid user
                example: Validated
              username:
                type: string
                description: The login name of the User assocaited with this request. Only returned on success.
              access_token:
                type: string
                description: The newly generated Bearer token for this User+Application authorization. Only returned on success.
              refresh_token:
                type: string
                description: The refresh token associated with this transaction. Only returned on success.
              token_type:
                type: string
                example: Bearer
                enum:
                - Bearer
                description: Only returned on success.
              expires:
                type: integer
                description: The number of seconds until the provided Bearer token expires.
          headers:
            Cache-Control:
              description: Always set to "no-store"
              content:
                text/plain:
                  schema:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - no-store
                    example: no-store
        '400':
          description: Missing Argument
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                - 'Missing argument: code'
      tags:
      - Login
      summary: Generate user session token
      x-summary-source: derived
  /user/session/refresh:
    post:
      description: Exchange a valid refresh token for a new Bearer token and a new refresh token. The Bearer token returned from this endpoint may be the same as the current Bearer token. If the new Bearer token returned from this endpoint is not the same as the current Bearer token, then the current token is now invalid. The same is true for the existing refresh token.
      operationId: Refresh User Session Token
      parameters:
      - description: Client [API_Key]
        in: header
        required: true
        name: Authorization
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      - description: The refresh token generated in the previous authorization request.
        in: query
        required: true
        name: refresh_token
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      - description: Required to be "refresh_token"
        in: query
        required: true
        name: grant_type
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                - Validated
                - Invalid grant type
                - Invalid refresh token
                - Invalid application
                example: Validated
                description: Status "Invalid application" is returned when the  issuing application (IE; that which the refresh token belongs to) is not the same as the requesting application (IE; that which is making the current request). Refresh tokens may only be used by the issuing application.
              access_token:
                type: string
                description: The newly generated Bearer token for this User+Application authorization. Only returned on success.
              refresh_token:
                type: string
                description: The refresh token associated with this transaction. Only returned on success.
              expires:
                type: integer
                description: The number of seconds until the provided Bearer token expires.
          headers:
            Cache-Control:
              description: Always set to "no-store"
              content:
                text/plain:
                  schema:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - no-store
                    example: no-store
        '400':
          description: Missing Argument
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                - 'Missing argument: refresh_token'
      tags:
      - Login
      summary: Refresh user session token
      x-summary-source: derived
externalDocs:
  description: CHAOSS Metric Definitions
  url: https://chaoss.community/kb-metrics-and-metrics-models/