Fatcat auth API

Helper methods and internal APIs for editor authentication. # TAGLINE

OpenAPI Specification

fatcat-auth-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
swagger: '2.0'
info:
  title: fatcat auth API
  version: 0.5.0
  description: 'Fatcat is a scalable, versioned, API-oriented catalog of bibliographic

    entities and file metadata.


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    These API reference documents, along with client software libraries, are

    generated automatically from an OpenAPI 2.0 ("Swagger") definition file.


    ## Introduction



    A higher-level introduction to the API, as well as a description of the

    fatcat data model, are available in ["The Fatcat Guide"](https://guide.fatcat.wiki/).

    The guide also includes a [Cookbook](https://guide.fatcat.wiki/cookbook.html)

    section demonstrating end-to-end tasks like creating entities as part of

    editgroups, or safely merging duplicate entities.


    ### Expectations and Best Practices


    A test/staging QA API instance of fatcat is available at

    <https://api.qa.fatcat.wiki/v0>. The database backing this instance is

    separate from the production interface, and is periodically rebuilt from

    snapshots of the full production database, meaning that edits on the QA

    server will *NOT* persist, and that semantics like the changelog index

    monotonically increasing *MAY* be broken. Developers are expexcted to test

    their scripts and tools against the QA instance before running against

    production.


    NOTE: as of Spring 2021, the QA server is temporarily unavailable.


    Fatcat is made available as a gratis (no cost) and libre (freedom

    preserving) service to the public, with limited funding and resources. We

    welcome new and unforeseen uses and contributions, but may need to impose

    restrictions (like rate-limits) to keep the service functional for other

    users, and in extreme cases reserve the option to block accounts and IP

    ranges if necessary to keep the service operational.


    The Internet Archive owns and operates it''s own server equipment and data

    centers, and operations are optimized for low-cost, not high-availability.

    Users and partners should expect some downtime on the fatcat API, on the

    order of hours a month.


    Periodic metadata exports are available for batch processing, and database

    snapshots can be used to create locally-hosted mirrors of the service for

    more intensive and reliable querying.


    ### Other Nitty Gritties


    Cross-origin requests are allowed for the API service, to enable third

    parties to build in-browser applications.


    A metadata search service is available at <https://search.fatcat.wiki>.

    The API is currently the raw elasticsearch API, with only GET (read)

    requests allowed. This public service is experimental and may be removed or

    limited in the future.


    ## Authentication


    The API allows basic read-only "GET" HTTP requests with no authentication.

    Proposing changes to the metadata, or other mutating requests ("PUT",

    "POST", "DELETE") all require authentication, and some operations require

    additional account permissions.


    End-user account creation and login happens through the web interface. From

    a logged-in editor profile page, you can generate a API token. Tokens are

    "macaroons", similar to JWT tokens, and are used for all API

    authentication. The web interface includes macaroons in browser cookies and

    passes them through to the API to authenticate editor actions.


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    '
  termsOfService: https://guide.fatcat.wiki/policies.html
  contact:
    name: Internet Archive Web Group
    email: webservices@archive.org
    url: https://fatcat.wiki
  x-logo:
    url: https://fatcat.wiki/static/paper_man_confused.gif
    altText: Confused Papers Man (Logo)
    backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
host: api.fatcat.wiki
basePath: /v0
schemes:
- https
consumes:
- application/json
produces:
- application/json
tags:
- name: auth
  x-displayName: Auth Methods
  description: 'Helper methods and internal APIs for editor authentication.  # TAGLINE

    '
paths:
  /auth/oidc:
    post:
      operationId: auth_oidc
      tags:
      - auth
      description: 'Login or create editor account using OIDC metadata (internal method).


        This method is used by privileged front-end tools (like the web

        interface service) to process editor logins using OpenID Connect (OIDC)

        and/or OAuth. Most accounts (including tool and bot accounts) do not

        have sufficient privileges to call this method, which requires the

        `admin` role.


        The method returns an API token; the HTTP status code indicates whether

        an existing account was logged in, or a new account was created.

        '
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      parameters:
      - name: oidc_params
        in: body
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/definitions/auth_oidc'
      responses:
        401:
          description: Not Authorized
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
          headers:
            WWW_Authenticate:
              type: string
        403:
          description: Forbidden
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
        200:
          description: Found
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/auth_oidc_result'
        201:
          description: Created
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/auth_oidc_result'
        400:
          description: Bad Request
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
        409:
          description: Conflict
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
        500:
          description: Generic Error
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
  /auth/check:
    get:
      operationId: auth_check
      tags:
      - auth
      description: 'Verify that authentication (API token) is working as expected. The

        optional `role` parameter can be used to verify that the current

        account (editor) has permissions for the given role.

        '
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      parameters:
      - name: role
        in: query
        required: false
        type: string
      responses:
        401:
          description: Not Authorized
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
          headers:
            WWW_Authenticate:
              type: string
        403:
          description: Forbidden
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
        200:
          description: Success
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/success'
        400:
          description: Bad Request
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
        500:
          description: Generic Error
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
  /auth/token/{editor_id}:
    parameters:
    - name: editor_id
      in: path
      type: string
      required: true
    post:
      operationId: create_auth_token
      tags:
      - auth
      description: 'Generate a new auth token for a given editor (internal method).


        This method is used by the web interface to generate API tokens for

        users. It can not be called by editors (human or bot) to generate new

        tokens for themselves, at least at this time.

        '
      security:
      - Bearer: []
      parameters:
      - name: duration_seconds
        in: query
        type: integer
        required: false
        description: How long API token should be valid for (in seconds)
      responses:
        401:
          description: Not Authorized
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
          headers:
            WWW_Authenticate:
              type: string
        403:
          description: Forbidden
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
        200:
          description: Success
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/auth_token_result'
        400:
          description: Bad Request
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
        500:
          description: Generic Error
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
definitions:
  auth_oidc_result:
    type: object
    required:
    - editor
    - token
    properties:
      editor:
        $ref: '#/definitions/editor'
      token:
        type: string
        example: AgEPZGV2LmZhdGNhdC53aWtpAhYyMDE5MDEwMS1kZXYtZHVtbXkta2V5AAImZWRpdG9yX2lkID0gYWFhYWFhYWFhYWFhYmt2a2FhYWFhYWFhYWkAAht0aW1lID4gMjAxOS0wMS0wOVQwMDo1Nzo1MloAAAYgnroNha1hSftChtxHGTnLEmM/pY8MeQS/jBSV0UNvXug=
  auth_token_result:
    type: object
    required:
    - token
    properties:
      token:
        type: string
        example: AgEPZGV2LmZhdGNhdC53aWtpAhYyMDE5MDEwMS1kZXYtZHVtbXkta2V5AAImZWRpdG9yX2lkID0gYWFhYWFhYWFhYWFhYmt2a2FhYWFhYWFhYWkAAht0aW1lID4gMjAxOS0wMS0wOVQwMDo1Nzo1MloAAAYgnroNha1hSftChtxHGTnLEmM/pY8MeQS/jBSV0UNvXug=
  error_response:
    type: object
    required:
    - success
    - error
    - message
    properties:
      success:
        type: boolean
        example: false
      error:
        type: string
        example: unexpected-thing
      message:
        type: string
        example: A really confusing, totally unexpected thing happened
  success:
    type: object
    required:
    - success
    - message
    properties:
      success:
        type: boolean
        example: true
      message:
        type: string
        example: The computers did the thing successfully!
  editor:
    type: object
    required:
    - username
    properties:
      editor_id:
        type: string
        pattern: '[a-zA-Z2-7]{26}'
        minLength: 26
        maxLength: 26
        description: 'Fatcat identifier for the editor. Can not be changed.

          '
        example: q3nouwy3nnbsvo3h5klxsx4a7y
      username:
        type: string
        example: zerocool93
        description: 'Username/handle (short slug-like string) to identify this editor. May

          be changed at any time by the editor; use the `editor_id` as a

          persistend identifier.

          '
      is_admin:
        type: boolean
        example: false
        description: 'Whether this editor has the `admin` role.

          '
      is_bot:
        type: boolean
        example: false
        description: 'Whether this editor is a bot (as opposed to a human making manual

          edits)

          '
      is_active:
        type: boolean
        example: true
        description: 'Whether this editor''s account is enabled (if not API tokens and web

          logins will not work).

          '
  auth_oidc:
    type: object
    required:
    - provider
    - sub
    - iss
    - preferred_username
    properties:
      provider:
        type: string
        example: orcid
        description: 'Fatcat-specific short name (slug) for remote service being used for

          authentication.

          '
      sub:
        type: string
        description: '`SUB` from OIDC protocol. Usually a URL.'
        example: https://orcid.org
      iss:
        type: string
        description: '`ISS` from OIDC protocol. Usually a stable account username, number, or identifier.'
        example: 0000-0002-8593-9468
      preferred_username:
        type: string
        description: 'What it sounds like; returned by OIDC, and used as a hint when

          creating new editor accounts. Fatcat usernames are usually this

          string with the `provider` slug as a suffix, though some munging may

          occur.

          '
        example: bnewbold
securityDefinitions:
  Bearer:
    type: apiKey
    name: Authorization
    in: header
    description: "The only current API authentication mechanism is HTTP bearer\nauthentication using the `Authorization` HTTP header. The header should\nbe formatted as the string \"Bearer\", then a space, then API token (in the\nusual base64 string encoding).\n\nAn example HTTP request would look on the wire like:\n\n    GET /v0/auth/check HTTP/1.1\n    Accept: */*\n    Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\n    Authorization: Bearer AgEPZGV2LmZhdGNhdC53aWtpAhYyMDE5MDEwMS1kZXYtZHVtbXkta2V5AAImZWRpdG9yX2lkID0gYWFhYWFhYWFhYWFhYmt2a2FhYWFhYWFhYWkAAht0aW1lID4gMjAxOS0wMS0wOVQwMDo1Nzo1MloAAAYgnroNha1hSftChtxHGTnLEmM/pY8MeQS/jBSV0UNvXug=\n    Connection: keep-alive\n    Host: api.qa.fatcat.wiki\n    User-Agent: HTTPie/0.9.8\n\nHeaders can be passed on the command line using `http` (HTTPie) like:\n\n    http get https://api.qa.fatcat.wiki/v0/auth/check Authorization:\"Bearer AgEPZGV2LmZhdGNhdC53aWtpAhYyMDE5MDEwMS1kZXYtZHVtbXkta2V5AAImZWRpdG9yX2lkID0gYWFhYWFhYWFhYWFhYmt2a2FhYWFhYWFhYWkAAht0aW1lID4gMjAxOS0wMS0wOVQwMDo1Nzo1MloAAAYgnroNha1hSftChtxHGTnLEmM/pY8MeQS/jBSV0UNvXug=\"\n\nOr with `curl`:\n\n    curl -H \"Authorization: Bearer AgEPZGV2LmZhdGNhdC53aWtpAhYyMDE5MDEwMS1kZXYtZHVtbXkta2V5AAImZWRpdG9yX2lkID0gYWFhYWFhYWFhYWFhYmt2a2FhYWFhYWFhYWkAAht0aW1lID4gMjAxOS0wMS0wOVQwMDo1Nzo1MloAAAYgnroNha1hSftChtxHGTnLEmM/pY8MeQS/jBSV0UNvXug=\" https://qa.fatcat.wiki/v0/auth/check\n"
x-servers:
- url: https://api.fatcat.wiki/v0
  description: Production Server
- url: https://api.qa.fatcat.wiki/v0
  description: QA Server
x-tagGroups:
- name: Entities
  tags:
  - containers
  - creators
  - files
  - filesets
  - webcaptures
  - releases
  - works
- name: Editing
  tags:
  - editors
  - editgroups
  - changelog
- name: Other
  tags:
  - auth
x-fatcat-ident:
  type: string
  pattern: '[a-zA-Z2-7]{26}'
  minLength: 26
  maxLength: 26
  description: base32-encoded unique identifier
x-fatcat-ident-example:
  example: q3nouwy3nnbsvo3h5klxsx4a7y
x-fatcat-uuid:
  type: string
  pattern: '[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}'
  minLength: 36
  maxLength: 36
  description: UUID (lower-case, dash-separated, hex-encoded 128-bit)
x-fatcat-uuid-example:
  example: 86daea5b-1b6b-432a-bb67-ea97795f80fe
x-issn:
  type: string
  pattern: \d{4}-\d{3}[0-9X]
  minLength: 9
  maxLength: 9
x-issn-example:
  example: 1234-5678
x-orcid:
  type: string
  pattern: \d{4}-\d{4}-\d{4}-\d{3}[\dX]
  minLength: 19
  maxLength: 19
  description: ORCiD (https://orcid.org) identifier
x-orcid-example:
  example: 0000-0002-1825-0097
x-md5:
  type: string
  pattern: '[a-f0-9]{32}'
  minLength: 32
  maxLength: 32
  description: MD5 hash of data, in hex encoding
x-md5-example:
  example: 1b39813549077b2347c0f370c3864b40
x-sha1:
  type: string
  pattern: '[a-f0-9]{40}'
  minLength: 40
  maxLength: 40
  description: SHA-1 hash of data, in hex encoding
x-sha1-example:
  example: e9dd75237c94b209dc3ccd52722de6931a310ba3
x-sha256:
  type: string
  pattern: '[a-f0-9]{64}'
  minLength: 64
  maxLength: 64
  description: SHA-256 hash of data, in hex encoding
x-sha256-example:
  example: cb1c378f464d5935ddaa8de28446d82638396c61f042295d7fb85e3cccc9e452
x-entity-props:
  state:
    type: string
    enum:
    - wip
    - active
    - redirect
    - deleted
    example: active
  ident:
    type: string
    pattern: '[a-zA-Z2-7]{26}'
    minLength: 26
    maxLength: 26
    description: base32-encoded unique identifier
    example: q3nouwy3nnbsvo3h5klxsx4a7y
  revision:
    type: string
    pattern: '[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}'
    minLength: 36
    maxLength: 36
    description: UUID (lower-case, dash-separated, hex-encoded 128-bit)
    example: 86daea5b-1b6b-432a-bb67-ea97795f80fe
  redirect:
    type: string
    pattern: '[a-zA-Z2-7]{26}'
    minLength: 26
    maxLength: 26
    description: base32-encoded unique identifier
    example: q3nouwy3nnbsvo3h5klxsx4a7y
  extra:
    type: object
    description: 'Free-form JSON metadata that will be stored with the other entity

      metadata. See guide for (unenforced) schema conventions.

      '
    additionalProperties: {}
  edit_extra:
    type: object
    description: 'Free-form JSON metadata that will be stored with specific entity edits

      (eg, creation/update/delete).

      '
    additionalProperties: {}
x-auth-responses:
  401:
    description: Not Authorized
    schema:
      $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
    headers:
      WWW_Authenticate:
        type: string
  403:
    description: Forbidden
    schema:
      $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
x-entity-responses:
  400:
    description: Bad Request
    schema:
      $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
  404:
    description: Not Found
    schema:
      $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'
  500:
    description: Generic Error
    schema:
      $ref: '#/definitions/error_response'