Stanford University Authentication API

Authenticate the user

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POST /v1/auth/proxy Retrieve a JSON web token for a different user #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: Stanford Digital Repository API
  version: 1.0.0
  title: SDR Authentication API
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://sdr-api-{env}.stanford.edu
  description: Production service
  variables:
    env:
      default: prod
- url: https://sdr-api-{env}.stanford.edu
  description: Staging service
  variables:
    env:
      default: stage
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: authentication
  description: Authenticate the user
paths:
  /v1/auth/login:
    post:
      tags:
      - authentication
      summary: Retrieve a JSON web token for subsequent requests
      operationId: authentication#login
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  token:
                    type: string
                    description: The access token
                    example: eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE2MjM5MDIyfQ.SflKxwRJSMeKKF2QT4fwpMeJf36POk6yJV_adQssw5c
                  exp:
                    type: string
                    description: When the token will expire
                    example: 09-13-2023 23:00
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - email
              - password
              properties:
                email:
                  description: email address of the user
                  type: string
                  format: email
                password:
                  description: password of the user
                  type: string
                  example: sekr3t!
  /v1/auth/proxy:
    post:
      tags:
      - authentication
      summary: Retrieve a JSON web token for a different user
      operationId: authentication#proxy
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  token:
                    type: string
                    description: The access token
                    example: eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE2MjM5MDIyfQ.SflKxwRJSMeKKF2QT4fwpMeJf36POk6yJV_adQssw5c
                  exp:
                    type: string
                    description: When the token will expire
                    example: 09-13-2023 23:00
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: to
        description: The email of the user to proxy to
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT