Gogift Authentication

generated: '2026-09-12'
method: searched
source: https://docs.gogift.io/#authentication
sources:
  - https://docs.gogift.io/#authentication
  - https://docs.gogift.io/#authentication-example
  - https://auth.gogift.io/.well-known/openid-configuration
  - well-known/gogift-openid-configuration.json
provider: GoGift
providerId: gogift
description: >-
  GoGift authenticates every API request with an OpenID Connect access token (a signed JWT)
  issued by its own IdentityServer-style authorization server. Integrators are issued a client
  id and client secret by GoGift, exchange them at the token endpoint, and send the resulting
  token as an HTTP Bearer credential on every call to api.gogift.io. There is no API-key mode
  and no anonymous surface: the docs state plainly that this is an HTTPS-only API with OpenID
  authentication and CORS support.
docs: https://docs.gogift.io/#authentication
schemes:
  - id: gogift_oidc
    type: openIdConnect
    openIdConnectUrl: https://auth.gogift.io/.well-known/openid-configuration
    description: >-
      Production OpenID Connect discovery document. Issuer https://auth.gogift.io, RS256 id
      tokens, JWKS at https://auth.gogift.io/.well-known/openid-configuration/jwks.
    environment: production
  - id: gogift_oidc_sandbox
    type: openIdConnect
    openIdConnectUrl: https://auth-pre.gogift.io/.well-known/openid-configuration
    description: Sandbox OpenID Connect discovery document. Issuer https://auth-pre.gogift.io.
    environment: sandbox
  - id: gogift_bearer
    type: http
    scheme: bearer
    bearerFormat: JWT
    description: >-
      The access token returned by the token endpoint is presented to api.gogift.io as
      `Authorization: Bearer <jwt>`. The docs show this header on every documented endpoint.
    applies_to:
      - https://api.gogift.io
      - https://api-pre.gogift.io
credentials:
  issued_by: GoGift (client id + client secret are provisioned by GoGift, not self-service)
  self_service: false
  note: >-
    The docs instruct integrators never to share the client secret when contacting GoGift
    support; a department ID is the identifier GoGift asks for instead.
flows:
  - grant_type: client_credentials
    supported: true
    primary: true
    token_endpoint: https://auth.gogift.io/connect/token
    description: >-
      Machine-to-machine flow used by server-side integrations. This is the flow the
      published C#, PHP, Java and Node.js authentication examples demonstrate.
  - grant_type: authorization_code
    supported: true
    authorization_endpoint: https://auth.gogift.io/connect/authorize
    pkce: true
    pkce_methods:
      - S256
      - plain
  - grant_type: refresh_token
    supported: true
    note: Requires the `offline_access` scope.
  - grant_type: urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code
    supported: true
    device_authorization_endpoint: https://auth.gogift.io/connect/deviceauthorization
  - grant_type: password
    supported: true
    note: Advertised in the discovery document; legacy ROPC grant, not documented for API integrators.
  - grant_type: implicit
    supported: true
    note: Advertised in the discovery document; legacy browser grant.
endpoints:
  issuer: https://auth.gogift.io
  token: https://auth.gogift.io/connect/token
  authorization: https://auth.gogift.io/connect/authorize
  userinfo: https://auth.gogift.io/connect/userinfo
  jwks: https://auth.gogift.io/.well-known/openid-configuration/jwks
  introspection: https://auth.gogift.io/connect/introspect
  revocation: https://auth.gogift.io/connect/revocation
  end_session: https://auth.gogift.io/connect/endsession
token:
  format: JWT
  signing_alg:
    - RS256
  transport: Authorization Bearer header
  expires: true
  expiry_documented: false
  expiry_note: >-
    The docs state "The token has an expiration period so it cannot be used indefinitely" and
    tell integrators to implement expiry/refresh handling, but do not publish the lifetime.
client_authentication:
  - client_secret_basic
  - client_secret_post
transport_security:
  https_only: true
  cors: true
  source: https://docs.gogift.io/#overview
webhook_authentication:
  mechanism: HMAC-SHA256 request signature
  header: Signature
  algorithm: hmac-sha256
  style: HTTP Signatures (draft-cavage-http-signatures-07 style, keyId/algorithm/signature pairs)
  secrets_required:
    - ClientId
    - WebhookSecret
  note: >-
    GoGift signs the outbound delivery-fulfilment webhook. The receiving endpoint validates
    the `Signature` header using a ClientId and a WebhookSecret issued by GoGift. Reference
    validation code is published in the docs under "Webhook signature validation".
  source: https://docs.gogift.io/#information-about-webhook-delivery-fulfillment
mtls: false
api_keys: false
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com