Hanko Password API

The Password API from Hanko — 2 operation(s) for password.

Operations 2

POST /password/login Do password login #
PUT /password Create/Set a password #

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OpenAPI Specification

hanko-password-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.2.0
  title: Hanko Public Password API
  description: '## Introduction


    This is the OpenAPI specification for the [Hanko Public API](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/README.md#basic-usage).


    ## Authentication


    The API uses [JSON Web Tokens](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7519.html) (JWTs) for authentication.

    JWTs are verified using [JSON Web Keys](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7517) (JWK).

    JWKs can be [configured](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/docs/Config.md#all-available-config-options)

    through the `secrets.keys` options. The API also publishes public cryptographic keys as a

    [JWK set](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7517#section-2) through the `.well-known/jwks.json` endpoint

    to enable clients to verify token signatures.

    JWTs must be provided on requests to protected endpoints using one of the following schemes:


    ### CookieAuth


    **Security Scheme Type**: `API Key`


    **Cookie parameter name**: `hanko`


    The JWT must be provided in a Cookie with the name `hanko`.


    ### BearerTokenAuth


    **Security Scheme Type**: `http`


    **HTTP Authorization Scheme**: `Bearer`


    **Bearer format**: `JWT`


    The JWT must be provided in an HTTP Authorization header with bearer type: `Authorization: Bearer <JWT>`.


    ## Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

    Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) can be currently

    [configured](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/docs/Config.md#all-available-config-options)

    for public endpoints via the `server.public.cors` options.


    ---

    '
  contact:
    email: developers@hanko.io
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0-or-later
    url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt
servers:
- url: https://{tenant_id}.hanko.io
  variables:
    tenant_id:
      default: ''
      description: The (UU)ID of a tenant. Replace the default value with your tenant ID.
tags:
- name: Password
paths:
  /password/login:
    post:
      summary: Do password login
      description: 'Perform a password login for the user identified by `user_id` and a given `password`.


        This endpoint is only available if passwords have been enabled via [configuration](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/docs/Config.md#hanko-backend-config) option `passwords.enabled`.

        '
      operationId: passwordLogin
      tags:
      - Password
      deprecated: true
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                user_id:
                  description: The ID of the user to perform a password login for
                  allOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID4'
                password:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Password'
              required:
              - user_id
              - password
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful password login
          headers:
            X-Auth-Token:
              description: 'Present only when enabled via [configuration](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/docs/Config.md#hanko-backend-config) option `session.enable_auth_token_header`

                for purposes of cross-domain communication between client and Hanko API.

                '
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/X-Auth-Token'
            X-Session-Lifetime:
              description: 'Contains the seconds until the session expires.

                '
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/X-Session-Lifetime'
            Set-Cookie:
              description: 'Contains the JSON Web Token (JWT) that must be provided to protected endpoints.

                Cookie attributes (e.g. domain) can be set via [configuration](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/docs/Config.md#hanko-backend-config) option `session.cookie`.

                '
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CookieSession'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /password:
    put:
      summary: Create/Set a password
      description: 'Create a or update an existing `password` for the user identified by `user_id`.


        This endpoint is only available if passwords have been enabled via [configuration](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/docs/Config.md#hanko-backend-config) option `passwords.enabled`.

        '
      operationId: password
      tags:
      - Password
      deprecated: true
      security:
      - CookieAuth: []
      - BearerTokenAuth: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                user_id:
                  description: The ID of the user to create/set a password for
                  allOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID4'
                password:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Password'
              required:
              - user_id
              - password
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful password update
        '201':
          description: Successful password creation
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad Request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: 400
            message: Bad Request
    NotFound:
      description: Not Found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: 404
            message: Not found
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: 403
            message: Forbidden
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: 401
            message: Unauthorized
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: 500
            message: Internal Server Error
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string
    UUID4:
      type: string
      format: uuid4
      example: c339547d-e17d-4ba7-8a1d-b3d5a4d17c1c
    X-Auth-Token:
      description: 'Enable via [configuration](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/docs/Config.md#hanko-backend-config) option `session.enable_auth_token_header`

        for purposes of cross-domain communication between client and Hanko API.

        '
      type: string
      format: JWT
      externalDocs:
        url: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/docs/Config.md#hanko-backend-config
    CookieSession:
      type: string
      description: Value `<JWT>` is a [JSON Web Token](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7519.html)
      example: hanko=<JWT>; Path=/; HttpOnly
    X-Session-Lifetime:
      description: 'Contains the seconds until the session expires.

        '
      type: number
    Password:
      description: 'The actual password, its `minLength` defaults to 8 but

        can be [configured](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/docs/Config.md#hanko-backend-config)

        through the `password.min_password_length` option.

        '
      type: string
      minLength: 8
      maxLength: 72
      example: 9UnCBEx924a45P7p
  securitySchemes:
    CookieAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: hanko
    BearerTokenAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
externalDocs:
  description: More about Hanko
  url: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko