# Signicat Authentication API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/signicat/signicat-authentication-api/  
**Provider:** Signicat — https://apis.io/providers/signicat/  
**Base URL:** https://api.signicat.com/info/lookup  
**Documentation:** https://developer.signicat.com/apis/data-verification/

Signicat Authentication API is one of 103 APIs that [Signicat](https://apis.io/providers/signicat/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 119 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, and 119 JSON Schemas.

The MobileID authentication API provides you with operations related to authentication and authorisation for MobileID. ----- <b>Note</b>: The request and response samples are for illustrative purposes only, and discrepancies can occur between the sample values in request and response objects. ----- ## Useful information All authentication operations return an authentication response containing an [operation state](/apis/mobileid/#section/Common-concepts/Operation-states). #### Operation context When you perform an authentication, you can use our pre-operation context (<code>preOperationContext</code>) and post-operation context (<code>postOperationContext</code>). To learn more, see our <a href="https://developer.signicat.com/docs/mobile-identity/mobileid/features/operation-context" target="_blank">operation context</a> feature documentation.

## Operations (3)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/authentications` | Start authentication |
| GET | `/authentications/{transactionId}` | Get state of ongoing authentication |
| DELETE | `/authentications/{transactionId}` | Cancel ongoing authentication |

## Machine-readable artifacts (143)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/openapi/signicat-authentication-api-openapi.yml
- **APIReference** — https://developer.signicat.com/apis/data-verification/
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-organization-basic-info-dto-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-person-basic-info-dto-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-organization-ownership-dto-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-business-registry-registration-authority-dto-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-geodata-country-info-dto-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-business-registry-registration-authority-item-dto-schema.json
- **APIReference** — https://developer.signicat.com/apis/digital-evidence-management/
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-query-request-body-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-record-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-query-record-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-stats-schema.json
- **APIReference** — https://developer.signicat.com/apis/eid-hub/
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-session-data-dto-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-session-request-dto-schema.json
- **APIReference** — https://developer.signicat.com/apis/electronic-signing/sign-api-v2/
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-signing-session-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-document-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-document-collection-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-post-document-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-paginated-signing-session-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-merchant-sign-request-schema.json
- **APIReference** — https://developer.signicat.com/apis/electronic-signing/enterprise/
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-signing-order-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-task-status-info-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-forwarding-info-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-event-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-artifact-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-packaging-task-status-info-schema.json
- **APIReference** — https://developer.signicat.com/apis/electronic-signing/express/
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-signer-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-update-signer-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-signer-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-document-summary-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-update-signer-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-attachment-request-schema.json
- **APIReference** — https://developer.signicat.com/apis/archive/
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-archive-jsonld-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/signicat/json-schema/signicat-archive-schema.json
- …and 103 more, listed in full on the page.

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- [Signicat Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/signicat/signicat-accounts-api/)
- [Signicat Accounts And Attributes API](https://apis.io/apis/signicat/signicat-accountsandattributes-api/)
- [Signicat APNs tokens API](https://apis.io/apis/signicat/signicat-apns-tokens-api/)
- [Signicat Application configuration API](https://apis.io/apis/signicat/signicat-application-configuration-api/)
- [Signicat Archive API](https://apis.io/apis/signicat/signicat-archive-api/)
- [Signicat Archive Direct API](https://apis.io/apis/signicat/signicat-archive-direct-api/)
- [Signicat Archive Document API](https://apis.io/apis/signicat/signicat-archive-document-api/)
- [Signicat Assure API](https://apis.io/apis/signicat/signicat-assure-api/)
- [Signicat Attachments API](https://apis.io/apis/signicat/signicat-attachments-api/)

## Tags

Authentication

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