# Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Authentication API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-authentication-api/  
**Provider:** Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — https://apis.io/providers/elk-stack/  
**Base URL:** https://{elasticsearch_endpoint}  
**Documentation:** https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Authentication API is one of 132 APIs that [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack)](https://apis.io/providers/elk-stack/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

The Authentication API from Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — 12 operation(s) for authentication.

## Operations (18)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/users/auth` | User authentication information |
| POST | `/users/auth/_login` | Login to ECE |
| POST | `/users/auth/_logout` | Logout from ECE |
| POST | `/users/auth/_refresh` | Refresh authentication token |
| GET | `/users/auth/keys` | Get all API keys |
| POST | `/users/auth/keys` | Create API key |
| DELETE | `/users/auth/keys` | Delete API keys |
| GET | `/users/auth/keys/_all` | Get all API keys for all users |
| DELETE | `/users/auth/keys/_all` | Delete API keys of multiple users |
| GET | `/users/auth/keys/{api_key_id}` | Get API key |
| DELETE | `/users/auth/keys/{api_key_id}` | Delete API key |
| GET | `/users/auth/methods` | Available authentication methods |
| POST | `/users/auth/saml/_callback` | SAML callback |
| GET | `/users/auth/saml/_init` | Initiate SAML protocol |
| GET | `/users/{user_id}/auth/keys` | Get API key metadata for all keys created by the user |
| DELETE | `/users/{user_id}/auth/keys` | Delete API keys for a user |
| GET | `/users/{user_id}/auth/keys/{api_key_id}` | Get a user API key |
| DELETE | `/users/{user_id}/auth/keys/{api_key_id}` | Delete an API key for a user |

## Machine-readable artifacts (8)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/openapi/elk-stack-authentication-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch
- **APIReference** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/kibana
- **APIReference** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/kibana/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/elastic/kibana
- **ToolCrosswalk** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/mcp/elk-stack-tool-crosswalk.yml

## Other Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APIs (12)

- [Elastic Cloud API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elastic-cloud-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-accounts-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-actions-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) agent builder API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-agent-builder-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Alerting API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-alerting-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Alerting V2 API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-alerting-v2-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Analytics API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-analytics-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM agent configuration API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-agent-configuration-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM agent keys API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-agent-keys-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM annotations API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-annotations-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM server schema API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-server-schema-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM sourcemaps API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-sourcemaps-api/)

## Tags

Authentication

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