Acadio Authentication

generated: '2026-09-06'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://acadio.instantdocsbase.com/help/jwt-auth-documentation ,
  https://acadio.instantdocsbase.com/help/google-oauth-2-dot-0-documentation ,
  https://acadio.instantdocsbase.com/help/webhooks-documentation , and the probed
  https://acadio.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
docs: https://acadio.instantdocsbase.com/help/jwt-auth-documentation
description: >-
  Acadio publishes no OpenAPI and therefore no securitySchemes block. Its authentication surface is
  documented in the knowledge base as three distinct mechanisms — inbound JWT single sign-on into
  the LMS, Google OAuth 2.0 as a login provider, and HMAC request signing on the outbound webhook
  bus — plus a Shopify-supplied OpenID Connect provider on the storefront domain.
schemes:
- id: jwt-auth
  surface: Acadio LMS (student and admin portals)
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearer_format: JWT
  direction: inbound
  purpose: >-
    Create and/or authenticate users from the customer's own systems (single sign-on). The customer
    signs a JWT server-side with a shared secret configured in the Acadio Admin portal under
    Settings > Integrations > JWT Auth.
  endpoint: https://{domain}/auth/callback/jwt-auth?token={token}&go={path}
  endpoint_note: >-
    {domain} is the tenant's Acadio domain or custom domain. The optional go parameter controls the
    post-authentication landing path; omitted, the user lands on the dashboard.
  credential: shared secret (symmetric), configured per tenant
  optional_claims:
  - max-age
  - issuer
  payload_fields:
  - name: email
    required: true
    type: string
    description: The user's unique email address.
  - name: firstName
    required: false
    type: string
  - name: lastName
    required: false
    type: string
  - name: meta
    required: false
    type: object
    description: Custom JSON data to associate with the user.
  - name: groups
    required: false
    type: array
    description: A list of group IDs to associate with the user. Full synchronization semantics.
  - name: credits
    required: false
    type: array
    description: A list of Credit objects (orderId string max 32 chars, id integer) to associate with the user.
  - name: onboard
    required: false
    type: boolean
    description: When true, a newly created user is redirected to onboarding.
  security_guidance: >-
    Acadio states the signing secret must be kept strictly server-side, that token generation must
    happen only in a trusted server environment, and that tokens should be short-lived via the
    max-age claim. Removing the integration causes Acadio to reject the secret and all signed tokens.
- id: google-oauth2
  surface: Acadio LMS (student and admin portals)
  type: oauth2
  flow: authorization_code
  direction: inbound
  purpose: Single sign-on with Google as the identity provider.
  redirect_uris:
  - https://{your domain}.acadio.com/auth/callback/google-oauth
  - https://admin.acadio.com/auth/callback/google-oauth
  javascript_origins:
  - https://{your domain}.acadio.com
  - https://admin.acadio.com
  credential: >-
    Tenant-supplied Google Cloud OAuth 2.0 Client ID and Client Secret, entered in the Acadio Admin
    portal under Settings > Apps > Google OAuth 2.0.
  note: The Google OAuth 2.0 app is only available to authenticated registered users.
- id: webhook-hmac
  surface: Acadio LMS webhook deliveries
  type: signature
  algorithm: HMAC SHA-256
  direction: outbound
  header: X-Acadio-Hmac-Sha256
  credential: per-integration secret key created by the tenant
  purpose: Lets a subscriber verify a delivered payload originated from Acadio and was not altered.
- id: shopify-customer-accounts-oidc
  surface: acadio.com storefront (course purchases)
  type: openIdConnect
  direction: inbound
  discovery: https://acadio.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
  issuer: https://shopify.com/authentication/78091452669
  authorization_endpoint: https://shopify.com/authentication/78091452669/oauth/authorize
  token_endpoint: https://shopify.com/authentication/78091452669/oauth/token
  jwks_uri: https://shopify.com/authentication/78091452669/.well-known/jwks.json
  grant_types:
  - authorization_code
  - refresh_token
  - 'urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer'
  pkce: S256
  id_token_signing_alg: RS256
  note: >-
    Provided by the Shopify customer-accounts platform and served from Acadio's own domain. The
    issuer is a Shopify authentication tenant scoped to Acadio's shop (78091452669), so the document
    is Acadio's storefront identity surface rather than a generic Shopify one.
- id: ucp-mcp-anonymous
  surface: https://acadio.com/api/ucp/mcp
  type: none
  direction: inbound
  purpose: >-
    The Universal Commerce Protocol MCP endpoint answers tools/list with no credential. Payment on
    complete_checkout is authorized by the buyer through a payment handler (Google Pay or Shopify
    card), not by an API credential.
  verified: probed 2026-09-06 (HTTP 200, unauthenticated)
gaps:
- >-
  No API key, no bearer-token API credential and no documented machine-to-machine authentication for
  the api.acadio.com gateway. Every documented mechanism authenticates a HUMAN into the LMS or signs
  an outbound event; none of them lets a third-party program call an Acadio LMS resource.