Optum Authentication API

The Authentication API from Optum — 1 operation(s) for authentication.

Operations 1

POST /apip/auth/sntl/v1/token Generate Bearer Token for accessing Optum Real APIs #

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OpenAPI Specification

optum-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Authorization - Auth Authentication API
  description: Generate Bearer Token for accessing Optum Real APIs
  version: 1.0.1
servers:
- url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com
  description: Sandbox
tags:
- name: Authentication
paths:
  /apip/auth/sntl/v1/token:
    post:
      summary: Generate Bearer Token for accessing Optum Real APIs
      description: Given the client ID and client secret, retrieves a bearer token to be used for accessing this API.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - grant_type
              - client_id
              - client_secret
              properties:
                grant_type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - client_credentials
                  description: OAuth2 grant type; must be `client_credentials`.
                client_id:
                  type: string
                  description: Client identifier issued by Optum.
                client_secret:
                  type: string
                  description: Client secret issued by Optum.
            examples:
              clientCredentials:
                summary: Client Credentials Grant (form-urlencoded)
                value:
                  grant_type: client_credentials
                  client_id: your-client-id
                  client_secret: your-client-secret
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  access_token:
                    type: string
                  token_type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - bearer
                  expires_in:
                    type: number
                  scope:
                    type: string
              examples:
                success:
                  summary: Successful token response
                  value:
                    access_token: eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...
                    token_type: bearer
                    refresh_expires_in: 0
                    expires_in: 7200
                    not-before-policy: 0
                    scope: broker-read-token idp openid email profile
        '400':
          description: Bad Request. The request body is malformed or missing required information.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors'
              examples:
                missingGrantType:
                  summary: Missing grant_type
                  value:
                    status: '400'
                    failureReason: ValidationError
                    Errors:
                    - Field 'grant_type' is required and must be 'client_credentials'.
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. No or invalid authentication details are provided.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors'
              examples:
                invalidClientSecret:
                  summary: Invalid client credentials
                  value:
                    status: '401'
                    failureReason: InvalidClient
                    Errors:
                    - 'Client authentication failed: invalid client_secret.'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden. Authentication succeeded but authenticated client doesn't have access to the resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors'
              examples:
                scopeNotAllowed:
                  summary: Scope not allowed
                  value:
                    status: '403'
                    failureReason: InsufficientScope
                    Errors:
                    - Requested scope 'Optum Real.write' is not permitted for this client.
        '415':
          description: Unsupported Media Type. Only application/x-www-form-urlencoded is supported for requests.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors'
              examples:
                wrongContentType:
                  summary: Wrong Content-Type
                  value:
                    status: '415'
                    failureReason: UnsupportedMediaType
                    Errors:
                    - Content-Type 'application/json' is not supported. Use 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'.
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error. An unexpected error has occurred.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors'
              examples:
                unexpected:
                  summary: Unexpected error
                  value:
                    status: '500'
                    failureReason: ServerError
                    Errors:
                    - An unexpected error occurred while generating the token. Please retry.
      operationId: postApipAuthSntlV1Token
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    Errors:
      type: object
      properties:
        Errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          example: This is an example error string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
x-readme:
  explorer-enabled: true
  proxy-enabled: true