Credly

Credly OBI Recipients API

Open Badges Infrastructure endpoints for public verification.

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Operations 2

GET /obi/v2/issuers/{organization_id} Retrieve OBI issuer profile #

GET /obi/v2/organizations/{organization_id}/badge_assertions/{id} Retrieve OBI badge assertion #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Credly Web Service OBI Recipients API
  description: The Credly Web Service API lets an issuing organization manage verifiable digital credentials (Open Badges) on the Credly platform, owned by Pearson.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Credly (Pearson)
    url: https://credly.com
servers:
- url: https://api.credly.com/v1
  description: Production
- url: https://sandbox-api.credly.com/v1
  description: Sandbox
security:
- basicAuth: []
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: OBI Recipients
  description: Open Badges Infrastructure endpoints for public verification.
paths:
  /obi/v2/issuers/{organization_id}:
    get:
      operationId: getObiIssuer
      tags:
      - OBI Recipients
      summary: Retrieve OBI issuer profile
      description: Returns the organization as a public Open Badges Infrastructure (OBI) issuer profile. (modeled)
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrganizationId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The OBI issuer profile.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /obi/v2/organizations/{organization_id}/badge_assertions/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getObiBadgeAssertion
      tags:
      - OBI Recipients
      summary: Retrieve OBI badge assertion
      description: Returns a recipient's issued badge as a public, standards-compliant Open Badges assertion for third-party verification. (modeled)
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrganizationId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The OBI badge assertion.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  parameters:
    Id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The resource ID.
      schema:
        type: string
    OrganizationId:
      name: organization_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The ID of the issuing organization.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic Authentication using the organization's authorization_token as the username and a blank password.
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 client_credentials grant. Tokens are short-lived (2 hours) and sent as a Bearer token.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.credly.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            read: Read access to organization resources.
            issue: Issue and manage badges.
            workforce: Access to employee/workforce data.