pfSense Authentication API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: pfSense REST API (pfSense-pkg-RESTAPI) Authentication API
  description: 'Community-maintained REST and GraphQL API package for pfSense CE and

    pfSense Plus that exposes 200+ endpoints under /api/v2 for firewall,

    interface, service, user, and system management. Authentication supports

    HTTP Basic, X-API-Key header, and JWT bearer tokens obtained from

    POST /api/v2/auth/jwt.


    Only a representative subset of the pfSense REST API surface

    (auth, firewall aliases, firewall rules, diagnostics) is modeled here.

    See the documentation linked under externalDocs for the full catalog.

    '
  version: 2.0.0
  contact:
    name: pfSense REST API documentation
    url: https://pfrest.org/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://{pfSenseHost}/api/v2
  description: pfSense host running pfSense-pkg-RESTAPI.
  variables:
    pfSenseHost:
      default: pfsense.local
      description: Hostname or IP of the pfSense instance.
security:
- basicAuth: []
- apiKeyAuth: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: Obtain JWT bearer tokens.
paths:
  /auth/jwt:
    post:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Obtain a JWT bearer token
      description: 'Authenticate as a local database user to obtain a signed JWT bearer

        token. Tokens default to one hour of validity; renew by calling this

        endpoint again.

        '
      operationId: createJwtToken
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: JWT issued.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      token:
                        type: string
                        description: JWT bearer token.
        '401':
          description: Authentication failed.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: 'HTTP Basic auth with a pfSense local database username and password.

        '
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: 'API key generated through the webConfigurator or API endpoints. Keys

        inherit the permissions of the user that issued them.

        '
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: 'JWT bearer token obtained from POST /api/v2/auth/jwt. Tokens default

        to one hour of validity.

        '
externalDocs:
  description: pfSense-pkg-RESTAPI documentation
  url: https://pfrest.org/