12Traits Authentication

generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source: https://docs.api.solsten.io/#authentication
docs: https://docs.api.solsten.io/#authentication
name: Solsten API authentication
summary: >-
  A single authentication model: a per-dashboard API Key presented as an HTTP Bearer token.
  There is no OAuth, no OpenID Connect, no mTLS and no scope system. The API key is issued and
  rotated from the Solsten Dashboard, and Solsten states that each dashboard has its own key,
  which makes the key the tenant boundary as well as the credential.
api: Solsten API
base_url: https://api.solsten.io/v1
schemes:
- id: bearer_api_key
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  in: header
  name: Authorization
  format: 'Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}'
  description: >-
    Per-dashboard API key. Quoting the reference: "The Solsten API uses API Keys to authenticate
    requests. You can view and manage your API Keys in the Solsten Dashboard. Each dashboard has
    its own API Key."
  applies_to: all documented /v1 operations
  evidence: https://docs.api.solsten.io/#authentication
- id: query_api_key
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  name: api_key
  format: https://api.solsten.io/v1/playfab?api_key={SOLSTEN_API_KEY}
  description: >-
    The PlayFab webhook ingestion endpoint takes the same API key as a query-string parameter
    rather than a header, because PlayFab's webhook configuration only allows a URL to be set.
  applies_to: POST /v1/playfab
  evidence: https://docs.api.solsten.io/#microsoft-azure-playfab
  concerns:
  - >-
    A credential in a URL query string is logged by intermediaries and stored in webhook
    configuration UIs. This is a documented provider design, not an inference.
key_management:
  issuance: Solsten Dashboard (https://dashboard.solsten.io/)
  self_serve: unknown
  scoped: false
  rotation_documented: false
  key_prefix_documented: false
  per_tenant: true
transport:
  https_required: true
  evidence_quote: >-
    "All API requests must be made over HTTPS. Calls made over plain HTTP will fail. API requests
    without authentication will also fail."
  evidence: https://docs.api.solsten.io/#authentication
observed:
- url: https://api.solsten.io/v1/openapi.json
  status: 401
  body: '{"code":401,"message":"api key is not valid"}'
  note: >-
    An unauthenticated request to a /v1 path returns a JSON 401 with the documented error envelope,
    confirming the auth requirement is enforced at the edge and matching the published error shape.
gaps:
- No documented key rotation or expiry policy.
- No scopes, roles or least-privilege model — one key grants the whole documented surface for a dashboard.
- No OAuth or OIDC surface exists, so scopes/ is not applicable for this provider.