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Liferay

Liferay DXP is an open-source digital experience platform offering headless REST APIs for managing users, roles, permissions, content, and site configuration. The Roles API lets you list, retrieve, and associate or dissociate regular, site, and organization roles for users.

Liferay publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Roles API. Tagged areas include Open Source, Digital Experience, DXP, Roles, and Users.

Liferay’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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33.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 APIs
Open SourceDigital ExperienceDXPRolesUsersPermissionsHeadless

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 33.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 12.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 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
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APIs 1

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

Liferay Roles API

Manage roles and role associations

Open Collections 1

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

Liferay Roles API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Liferay Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Liferay Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Liferay Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

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

Liferay Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Liferay Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Liferay Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Liferay Agentic Access

8 operations · 6 acting

8 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: liferay
name: Liferay
description: Liferay DXP is an open-source digital experience platform offering headless REST APIs for managing users, roles,
  permissions, content, and site configuration. The Roles API lets you list, retrieve, and associate or dissociate regular,
  site, and organization roles for users.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/liferay.png
tags:
- Open Source
- Digital Experience
- DXP
- Roles
- Users
- Permissions
- Headless
created: '2025-01-08'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/liferay/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/liferay-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/liferay-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/liferay-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/liferay-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/liferay
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/liferay-inc-
- url: https://www.liferay.com/blog
  type: Blog
apis:
- aid: liferay:liferay-roles-api
  name: Liferay Roles API
  description: Manage roles and role associations
  humanURL: https://learn.liferay.com/w/dxp/integration/headless-apis/user-management-apis/roles-api-basics
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/o/headless-admin-user/v1.0
  tags:
  - Roles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/liferay-roles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.liferay.com/w/dxp/integration/headless-apis/user-management-apis/roles-api-basics
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com