Port Authentication / Authorization API

The Authentication / Authorization API from Port — 2 operation(s) for authentication / authorization.

Operations 2

POST /v1/auth/access_token Create an access token #
POST /v1/rotate-credentials/{user_email} Rotate a user's credentials #

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OpenAPI Specification

port-io-authentication-authorization-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Port Authentication / Authorization API
  version: '1.0'
tags:
- name: Authentication / Authorization
paths:
  /v1/auth/access_token:
    post:
      summary: Create an access token
      tags:
      - Authentication / Authorization
      description: 'This route allows you to create an access token for your Port account. You can use this token to authenticate your requests to the Port API.


        To obtain your client ID and client secret, go to your Port application, click on the `...` button in the top right corner, then click `Credentials`.'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                clientId:
                  type: string
                  description: Your Port client ID
                clientSecret:
                  type: string
                  description: Your Port client secret
              additionalProperties: false
              required:
              - clientId
              - clientSecret
        required: true
      x-should-be-exposed-to-customers: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Authorized successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    enum:
                    - true
                  accessToken:
                    type: string
                  expiresIn:
                    type: number
                    description: The number of seconds until the access token expires
                  tokenType:
                    type: string
                additionalProperties: false
                required:
                - accessToken
                - expiresIn
                - tokenType
                description: Authorized successfully
        '401':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  ok:
                    const: false
                  error:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                - ok
                - error
                additionalProperties: false
        '404':
          description: A resource with the provided identifier was not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  ok:
                    const: false
                  error:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                - ok
                - error
                - message
                additionalProperties: false
                description: A resource with the provided identifier was not found
        '413':
          description: Request body is too large (limit is 1MiB)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  ok:
                    const: false
                  error:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                - ok
                - error
                additionalProperties: false
                description: Request body is too large (limit is 1MiB)
        '422':
          description: The json provided does not match the route's schema
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  ok:
                    const: false
                  error:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                - ok
                - error
                - message
                additionalProperties: false
                description: The json provided does not match the route's schema
      operationId: postV1AuthAccessToken
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /v1/rotate-credentials/{user_email}:
    post:
      summary: Rotate a user's credentials
      tags:
      - Authentication / Authorization
      description: This route allows you to rotate a user's credentials and generate new ones.
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
        in: path
        name: user_email
        required: true
        description: The email address of the user you want to operate on.
      security:
      - bearer:
        - update:users
      x-should-be-exposed-to-customers: true
      responses:
        '401':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  ok:
                    const: false
                  error:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                - ok
                - error
                additionalProperties: false
        '404':
          description: A resource with the provided identifier was not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  ok:
                    const: false
                  error:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                - ok
                - error
                - message
                additionalProperties: false
                description: A resource with the provided identifier was not found
        '413':
          description: Request body is too large (limit is 1MiB)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  ok:
                    const: false
                  error:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                - ok
                - error
                additionalProperties: false
                description: Request body is too large (limit is 1MiB)
        '422':
          description: The json provided does not match the route's schema
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  ok:
                    const: false
                  error:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                - ok
                - error
                - message
                additionalProperties: false
                description: The json provided does not match the route's schema
      operationId: postV1RotateCredentialsByUserEmail
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Port
  source: https://api.port.io/swagger/json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)