University of Waikato

One-Time Secret (OTS) API

A One-Time Secret service run by University of Waikato IT Services on its own host, for sharing a secret that can be retrieved exactly once. The published API page enumerates a complete endpoint set on the institution's base URI https://otis.its.waikato.ac.nz/api — GET /v1/status, POST /v1/share, POST /v1/generate, POST /v1/secret/{key}, POST /v1/private/{metadata_key}, POST /v1/private/{metadata_key}/burn and GET /v1/private/recent — all JSON over HTTPS under HTTP Basic with a Stella account username and an API token. Verified live 2026-09-01, HTTP 200; the page marks itself "BETA API - updated 2017-04-27". The software is the open-source One-Time Secret application, so the API shape originates with that project rather than with the university; no OpenAPI is generated under this institution for it. The deployment, the host and the institutional credential are Waikato's.

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Documentation
https://otis.its.waikato.ac.nz/docs/api
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Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-waikato/refs/heads/main/authentication/university-of-waikato-authentication.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-waikato:ots
name: One-Time Secret (OTS) API
x-operator: institution
description: A One-Time Secret service run by University of Waikato IT Services on its own host, for sharing
  a secret that can be retrieved exactly once. The published API page enumerates a complete endpoint set
  on the institution's base URI https://otis.its.waikato.ac.nz/api — GET /v1/status, POST /v1/share, POST
  /v1/generate, POST /v1/secret/{key}, POST /v1/private/{metadata_key}, POST /v1/private/{metadata_key}/burn
  and GET /v1/private/recent — all JSON over HTTPS under HTTP Basic with a Stella account username and
  an API token. Verified live 2026-09-01, HTTP 200; the page marks itself "BETA API - updated 2017-04-27".
  The software is the open-source One-Time Secret application, so the API shape originates with that project
  rather than with the university; no OpenAPI is generated under this institution for it. The deployment,
  the host and the institutional credential are Waikato's.
humanURL: https://otis.its.waikato.ac.nz/docs/api
baseURL: https://otis.its.waikato.ac.nz/api
tags:
- Security
- Secrets
- IT Services
- Utility
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://otis.its.waikato.ac.nz/docs/api
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-waikato-authentication.yml