University of Cambridge

Raven Authentication (OAuth2 / OpenID Connect)

The University's central web authentication service. Raven OAuth2 conforms to OpenID Connect; applications register client credentials to authenticate Cambridge users. An identity/SSO interface rather than a data REST API.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.raven.cam.ac.uk/
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Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-cambridge/refs/heads/main/authentication/university-of-cambridge-authentication.yml

Other Resources

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Signup
https://docs.raven.cam.ac.uk/en/latest/creating-oauth2-client-credentials/
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x-openid-configuration
https://api.apps.cam.ac.uk/oauth2/v1/.well-known/openid-configuration
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x-jwks
https://api.apps.cam.ac.uk/oauth2/v1/.well-known/jwks.json
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-cambridge/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-cambridge:raven
x-operator: institution
name: Raven Authentication (OAuth2 / OpenID Connect)
description: The University's central web authentication service. Raven OAuth2 conforms to OpenID Connect;
  applications register client credentials to authenticate Cambridge users. An identity/SSO interface
  rather than a data REST API.
humanURL: https://docs.raven.cam.ac.uk/
tags:
- Identity
- Authentication
- OpenID Connect
- SSO
tags_raw:
- Identity
- Authentication
- OAuth2
- OpenID Connect
- SSO
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.raven.cam.ac.uk/
- type: Signup
  url: https://docs.raven.cam.ac.uk/en/latest/creating-oauth2-client-credentials/
- type: x-openid-configuration
  url: https://api.apps.cam.ac.uk/oauth2/v1/.well-known/openid-configuration
- type: x-jwks
  url: https://api.apps.cam.ac.uk/oauth2/v1/.well-known/jwks.json
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-cambridge-authentication.yml