Election Assistance Commission Authentication

generated: '2026-09-06'
method: probed
source: >-
  live anonymous probes of https://www.eac.gov/jsonapi on 2026-09-06, plus
  openapi/election-assistance-commission-jsonapi-openapi.yml
provider: Election Assistance Commission
providerId: election-assistance-commission
docs: null
summary: >-
  The EAC's JSON:API surface requires no authentication of any kind. Every read was
  performed anonymously with no header, key, cookie or token, and returned HTTP 200
  with application/vnd.api+json. There is no sign-up, no key issuance, no OAuth
  authorization server and no developer account — because there is no developer
  programme. This is the simplest possible auth posture and, for a read-only public
  records API, the correct one.
schemes: []
security_requirement: []
model:
  anonymous_read: true
  credentialed_read: not-offered
  write: not-offered
  note: >-
    Drupal's JSON:API module on this site is configured read-only. An anonymous
    POST /jsonapi/node/article returned HTTP 405 "JSON:API is configured to accept only
    read operations." No credential exists that would unlock a write path for a public
    caller, so authentication is not merely optional — there is nothing to authenticate for.
authorization_visible_in_responses:
  mechanism: Drupal entity access, applied silently per resource type
  signal: meta.omitted
  detail: >-
    63 of the 216 advertised resource types return HTTP 200 with an empty data array and a
    meta.omitted block reading "Some resources have been omitted because of insufficient
    authorisation". These are configuration and administrative entities (views, field
    definitions, user roles, webform definitions) plus three content types the EAC keeps
    non-public (node--person, node--slideshow_slide, node--state_payment_requirements).
    A caller sees a 200 and an empty collection, not a 401 or 403 — worth knowing, because
    an agent that branches on status codes will read "no records" where the truth is
    "not permitted".
probes:
  - url: https://www.eac.gov/jsonapi
    method: GET
    credentials: none
    status: 200
  - url: https://www.eac.gov/jsonapi/node/voting_system?page[limit]=1
    method: GET
    credentials: none
    status: 200
  - url: https://www.eac.gov/jsonapi/node/article
    method: POST
    credentials: none
    status: 405
  - url: https://www.eac.gov/.well-known/openid-configuration
    method: GET
    credentials: none
    status: 404
  - url: https://www.eac.gov/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
    method: GET
    credentials: none
    status: 404
  - url: https://www.eac.gov/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource
    method: GET
    credentials: none
    status: 404
transport_security:
  https_enforced: true
  tls_version: TLSv1.3
  see: security/election-assistance-commission-domain-security.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com