University of Washington Auth API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Token Authentication Web Service REST API V2 Auth API
  description: This is the API specification for V2 of the UW-IT Token Authentication Rest API. Note that there are header and querystring paramemters not documentered here (see also https://wiki.cac.washington.edu/x/GY6kB). The -type and -pretty querystring parameters are included here for GET requests since they make testing much easier.
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
- url: https://taws.s.uw.edu:716/token/v2
tags:
- name: Auth
paths:
  /auth/{user}:
    post:
      tags:
      - Auth
      summary: The Auth endpoint performs second-factor authentication for a user
      description: The Auth endpoint performs second-factor authentication for a user by sending a push notification to the user's smartphone app, verifying a passcode, or placing a phone call. It is also used to send the user a new batch of passcodes via SMS. The user is typically a UWNetID.
      parameters:
      - name: user
        in: path
        description: User identifier.  Typically a UWNetID
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: string
      - name: vendor
        in: query
        description: Authentication vendor to use
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: string
      - name: factor
        in: query
        description: Authentication factor to use.  Select from list of factors provided by /preauth endpoint or send '{passcode}|passcode' for a passcode factor.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: string
      - name: -type
        in: query
        description: Data return type
        schema:
          type: string
          format: string
          default: json
      - name: -pretty
        in: query
        description: Request pretty-printed data for humans
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: true
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthPostPayload'
        required: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Authentication succeeded.
          content:
            application/json; charset=UTF-8; v=2.0:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthPostResult'
        '400':
          description: Invalid user
          content:
            application/json; charset=UTF-8; v=2.0:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: User did not match any records
          content:
            application/json; charset=UTF-8; v=2.0:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '405':
          description: Method not allowed
          content:
            application/json; charset=UTF-8; v=2.0:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '406':
          description: Content type not supported
          content:
            application/json; charset=UTF-8; v=2.0:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json; charset=UTF-8; v=2.0:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '501':
          description: Not implemented
          content:
            application/json; charset=UTF-8; v=2.0:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '503':
          description: Service Unavailable
          content:
            application/json; charset=UTF-8; v=2.0:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-codegen-request-body-name: payload
      operationId: postAuthByUser
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    AuthPostPayload:
      type: object
      properties:
        auth:
          type: array
          description: Array of auth objects (should generally contain only one).
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              vendor:
                type: string
                description: Authentication vendor to use
              factor:
                type: string
                description: Authentication factor to use
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: integer
              format: int32
            message:
              type: string
    AuthPostResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        auth:
          type: array
          description: Response to POST
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              result:
                type: string
                description: Either 'allow' or 'deny'. If 'allow', your application should grant access.  If 'deny', it should not.
              message:
                type: string
                description: A string describing the result of the authentication attempt.  This is intended for display to the user.
externalDocs:
  description: UW-IT Token Authentication Web Service (TAWS) V2 API documentation
  url: https://iam-tools.u.washington.edu/apis/tawsv2/
x-operator: institution
x-provenance:
  method: searched
  source: https://iam-tools.u.washington.edu/apis/tawsv2/tawsv2.yaml
  generated: '2026-08-30'
  note: Fetched verbatim from the UW-IT IAM tools API documentation host on 2026-08-30 (HTTP 200). servers[] resolve to University of Washington registrable domains (uw.edu / washington.edu), so the operator is the institution, not a vendor. Only externalDocs, x-operator and x-provenance were added; info and paths are as published.
  pristine_copy: openapi/_original/university-of-washington-token-authentication-web-service-v2.yaml