Neo4j Authentication API

OAuth2 token management for authenticating API requests. Access tokens are temporary and expire after one hour.

OpenAPI Specification

neo4j-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Neo4j Aura Authentication API
  description: 'The Neo4j Aura API provides programmatic access to manage Neo4j AuraDB cloud database instances. It supports operations across three primary resources: instances, tenants, and snapshots. Developers authenticate using OAuth2 bearer tokens obtained through client credentials, and can automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of their cloud-hosted Neo4j graph databases. The API is accessible through the api.neo4j.io platform and is available to Aura Enterprise customers.'
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Neo4j Support
    url: https://support.neo4j.com
  termsOfService: https://neo4j.com/terms/
servers:
- url: https://api.neo4j.io/v1
  description: Neo4j Aura Production API
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: OAuth2 token management for authenticating API requests. Access tokens are temporary and expire after one hour.
paths:
  /oauth/token:
    post:
      operationId: getAccessToken
      summary: Obtain an OAuth2 access token
      description: Authenticates using client credentials to obtain a bearer token for API access. The client ID and client secret are provided using HTTP Basic Authentication. Access tokens expire after one hour and a new token must be obtained when the current one expires. A 403 Forbidden response indicates an expired token.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      security: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - grant_type
              properties:
                grant_type:
                  type: string
                  description: The OAuth2 grant type
                  enum:
                  - client_credentials
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Access token issued successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenResponse'
        '401':
          description: Invalid client credentials
components:
  schemas:
    TokenResponse:
      type: object
      description: OAuth2 access token response.
      properties:
        access_token:
          type: string
          description: The bearer token for authenticating API requests
        expires_in:
          type: integer
          description: Token expiration time in seconds
          example: 3600
        token_type:
          type: string
          description: The type of token issued
          example: bearer
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: OAuth2 bearer token obtained from the /oauth/token endpoint using client credentials. Tokens expire after one hour.
externalDocs:
  description: Neo4j Aura API Specification
  url: https://neo4j.com/docs/aura/platform/api/specification/