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University of Chicago Gen3 Fence — OIDC API

The OIDC API from University of Chicago — 1 operation(s) for oidc.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Gen3 Fence OpenAPI Specification — OIDC API
  version: 0.1.0
  description: >-
    Fence is the Gen3 authentication and authorization service, authored by the University of Chicago Center for Translational Data Science.
    Code: https://github.com/uc-cdis/fence
  termsOfService: http://cdis.uchicago.edu/terms/
  contact:
    email: cdis@uchicago.edu
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://gen3.datacommons.io/
  description: >-
    University of Chicago Center for Translational Data Science (CTDS) reference Gen3 data
    commons. Gen3 is deployable software authored by CTDS (github.com/uc-cdis), so the upstream
    specification ships a placeholder host; this is the base URL of the deployment CTDS itself
    operates. The datacommons.io domain is registered to CDIS, University of Chicago.
  x-operator: institution
  x-verified: '2026-08-19'
  x-verified-evidence: https://gen3.datacommons.io/.well-known/openid-configuration
tags:
- name: OIDC
paths:
  /.well-known/openid-configuration:
    get:
      tags:
      - OIDC
      summary: Get the OpenID Provider Configuration Document
      description: See [OpenID Connect Discovery](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html) for detailed specification and an [example response](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html#ProviderConfigurationResponse).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OpenID Configuration
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OpenIDConfiguration'
components:
  schemas:
    OpenIDConfiguration:
      type: object
      required:
      - issuer
      - authorization_endpoint
      - jwks_uri
      - response_types_supported
      properties:
        authorization_endpoint:
          type: string
        claim_types_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        claims_locales_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        claims_parameter_supported:
          type: boolean
        claims_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        display_values_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        grant_types_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        id_token_encryption_alg_values_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        id_token_encryption_enc_values_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        id_token_signing_alg_values_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        issuer:
          type: string
        jwks_uri:
          type: string
        op_policy_url:
          type: string
        op_tos_uri:
          type: string
        registration_endpoint:
          type: string
        request_object_encryption_alg_values_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        request_object_encryption_enc_values_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        request_object_signing_alg_values_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        request_parameter_supported:
          type: boolean
        request_uri_parameter_supported:
          type: boolean
        require_request_uri_registration:
          type: boolean
        response_modes_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        response_types_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        scopes_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        service_documentation:
          type: string
        subject_types_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        token_endpoint:
          type: string
        token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        ui_locales_supported:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        userinfo_endpoint:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: /oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: /oauth/token
          scopes:
            user: generic user access