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Apache Shiro

Apache Shiro is a powerful and easy-to-use Java security framework that performs authentication, authorization, cryptography, and session management. It provides a clean API for securing applications from the smallest mobile applications to the largest enterprise systems.

Apache Shiro publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, Authorization API, Cryptography API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Authentication, Authorization, Cryptography, Java, and Security.

The Apache Shiro catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Apache Shiro’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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27.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0
AccessFreemium
1 APIs 7 Features 4 Use Cases
AuthenticationAuthorizationCryptographyJavaSecurityApacheOpen Source

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scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0
Composite quality — 27.3/100 · thin
Contract Quality 9.0 / 19
Developer Ergonomics 1.8 / 15
Access Clarity 2.4 / 15
Operational Transparency 1.0 / 10
Contract Governance 2.5 / 9
Discoverability 4.3 / 8
Regulatory Posture 2.5 / 15
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Apache Shiro Authentication API

The Authentication API from Apache Shiro — 3 operation(s) for authentication.

Apache Shiro Authorization API

The Authorization API from Apache Shiro — 2 operation(s) for authorization.

Apache Shiro Cryptography API

The Cryptography API from Apache Shiro — 1 operation(s) for cryptography.

Apache Shiro Sessions API

The Sessions API from Apache Shiro — 1 operation(s) for sessions.

Apache Shiro Users API

The Users API from Apache Shiro — 1 operation(s) for users.

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Shiro REST Authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Shiro REST Authentication Authorization API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Shiro REST Authentication Cryptography API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Shiro REST Authentication Sessions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Shiro REST Authentication Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apache Shiro Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apache Shiro Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Apache Shiro Finops

FINOPS

Features 7

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Authentication

Pluggable authentication with username/password, remember-me, and token support

Authorization

Role-based and permission-based access control with wildcard permissions

Session Management

Native session management independent of HTTP containers

Cryptography

Password hashing with salt, bcrypt, Argon2, and SHA-256

Multiple Realms

JDBC, LDAP, properties file, and custom realm support

Web Integration

Filter-based web application security with URL pattern matching

Annotations

AOP and annotation-based security for method-level authorization

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Apache Shiro Context

12 classes · 26 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Apache Shiro API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Apache Shiro API Rules

12 rules · 5 errors 6 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 12

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

HashRequest

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

HashResult

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

LoginRequest

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

LoginResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PermissionCheckRequest

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PermissionCheckResult

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RoleList

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Session

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TokenResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

UserList

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

UserRequest

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

User

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 12

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Apache Shiro Hash Request Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shiro Hash Result Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shiro Login Request Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shiro Login Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shiro Permission Check Request Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shiro Permission Check Result Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shiro Role List Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shiro Session Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shiro Token Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shiro User List Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shiro User Request Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shiro User Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 12

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Apache Shiro Hash Request Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shiro Hash Result Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shiro Login Request Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shiro Login Response Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shiro Permission Check Request Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shiro Permission Check Result Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shiro Role List Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shiro Session Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shiro Token Response Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shiro User Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shiro User List Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shiro User Request Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Apache Shiro Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Apache Shiro Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Apache Shiro Agentic Access

10 operations · 7 acting

10 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Web Application Security

Secure Java web applications with authentication and URL-based access control

REST API Security

Protect REST APIs with token authentication and permission checks

Microservice Auth

Stateless JWT authentication for microservice architectures

Admin Portal Security

Role-based admin interface with fine-grained permissions

Integrations 5

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Spring Framework

Shiro Spring integration for bean-level security

Jakarta EE

Java EE web filter integration for servlet containers

LDAP/Active Directory

LDAP realm for enterprise user directory authentication

JDBC

Database-backed realm for user and permission storage

Hazelcast

Distributed session management with Hazelcast

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules
SpectralRules
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 JSONLD
JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: apache-shiro
name: Apache Shiro
description: Apache Shiro is a powerful and easy-to-use Java security framework that performs authentication, authorization,
  cryptography, and session management. It provides a clean API for securing applications from the smallest mobile applications
  to the largest enterprise systems.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/apache-shiro.png
tags:
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Cryptography
- Java
- Security
- Apache
- Open Source
tags_raw:
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Cryptography
- Java
- Security
- Apache
- Open Source
- Open-Source
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-shiro/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: apache-shiro:apache-shiro-authentication-api
  name: Apache Shiro Authentication API
  description: The Authentication API from Apache Shiro — 3 operation(s) for authentication.
  humanURL: https://shiro.apache.org/documentation.html
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-shiro-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shiro.apache.org/documentation.html
- aid: apache-shiro:apache-shiro-authorization-api
  name: Apache Shiro Authorization API
  description: The Authorization API from Apache Shiro — 2 operation(s) for authorization.
  humanURL: https://shiro.apache.org/documentation.html
  tags:
  - Authorization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-shiro-authorization-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shiro.apache.org/documentation.html
- aid: apache-shiro:apache-shiro-cryptography-api
  name: Apache Shiro Cryptography API
  description: The Cryptography API from Apache Shiro — 1 operation(s) for cryptography.
  humanURL: https://shiro.apache.org/documentation.html
  tags:
  - Cryptography
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-shiro-cryptography-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shiro.apache.org/documentation.html
- aid: apache-shiro:apache-shiro-sessions-api
  name: Apache Shiro Sessions API
  description: The Sessions API from Apache Shiro — 1 operation(s) for sessions.
  humanURL: https://shiro.apache.org/documentation.html
  tags:
  - Sessions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-shiro-sessions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shiro.apache.org/documentation.html
- aid: apache-shiro:apache-shiro-users-api
  name: Apache Shiro Users API
  description: The Users API from Apache Shiro — 1 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://shiro.apache.org/documentation.html
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-shiro-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shiro.apache.org/documentation.html
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.apache.org/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/apache-shiro-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/apache-shiro-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apache-shiro-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache/shiro
- type: Documentation
  url: https://shiro.apache.org/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/apache-shiro-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/apache-shiro-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/apache-shiro-context.jsonld
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Authentication
    description: Pluggable authentication with username/password, remember-me, and token support
  - name: Authorization
    description: Role-based and permission-based access control with wildcard permissions
  - name: Session Management
    description: Native session management independent of HTTP containers
  - name: Cryptography
    description: Password hashing with salt, bcrypt, Argon2, and SHA-256
  - name: Multiple Realms
    description: JDBC, LDAP, properties file, and custom realm support
  - name: Web Integration
    description: Filter-based web application security with URL pattern matching
  - name: Annotations
    description: AOP and annotation-based security for method-level authorization
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Web Application Security
    description: Secure Java web applications with authentication and URL-based access control
  - name: REST API Security
    description: Protect REST APIs with token authentication and permission checks
  - name: Microservice Auth
    description: Stateless JWT authentication for microservice architectures
  - name: Admin Portal Security
    description: Role-based admin interface with fine-grained permissions
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Spring Framework
    description: Shiro Spring integration for bean-level security
  - name: Jakarta EE
    description: Java EE web filter integration for servlet containers
  - name: LDAP/Active Directory
    description: LDAP realm for enterprise user directory authentication
  - name: JDBC
    description: Database-backed realm for user and permission storage
  - name: Hazelcast
    description: Distributed session management with Hazelcast
- type: Blog
  url: https://shiro.apache.org/news

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