University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa Authn API

The Authn API from University of Ottawa — 1 operation(s) for authn.

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Operations 1

GET /authn/status Authentication status of the caller #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: uO Research (Recherche uO Research) DSpace REST Authn API
  version: '8.3'
  description: Read-only description of the publicly reachable subset of the DSpace REST/HATEOAS API that the University of Ottawa Library operates for uO Research (Recherche uO Research), the institution's own institutional repository, at https://ruor.uottawa.ca/server/api.
  contact:
    name: uO Research, University of Ottawa Library
    email: ruor@uottawa.ca
    url: https://ruor.uottawa.ca/
  license:
    name: Not stated by the operator
    url: https://ruor.uottawa.ca/
servers:
- url: https://ruor.uottawa.ca/server/api
  description: Production DSpace 8.3 REST API, University of Ottawa Library
tags:
- name: Authn
paths:
  /authn/status:
    get:
      operationId: getAuthenticationStatus
      summary: Authentication status of the caller
      description: 'Probed 2026-09-01: HTTP 200, 429 bytes, {"okay": true, "authenticated": false}. Confirms anonymous access is permitted and no session is required for public reads.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Authentication status document
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthnStatus'
      tags:
      - Authn
components:
  schemas:
    AuthnStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        okay:
          type: boolean
        authenticated:
          type: boolean
        authenticationMethod:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        type:
          type: string
          example: status
x-operator: institution
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-09-01'
  method: probed
  source: https://ruor.uottawa.ca/server/api
  author: API Evangelist
  note: Probed, not published by the institution and not derived from a vendor document. Every path below was requested anonymously and the recorded response codes are real.

University of Ottawa Authn API

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