Gosite Authentication

generated: '2026-08-22'
method: searched
source: https://developers.gosite.com/api-access
note: >-
  Derived from GoSite's own published access process, NOT from an OpenAPI document — no
  machine-readable contract could be retrieved (the Swagger host
  https://api.developers.gosite.com/docs/ returned HTTP 502 on every path on 2026-08-22).
  GoSite's developer portal states the mechanism explicitly: "Once your request is
  approved, we will provide an API Key that will let you make API calls." The key's
  transport (header name, query parameter, or bearer form), its lifetime, rotation and
  revocation are NOT published anywhere public, so they are recorded as unknown rather
  than assumed.
summary: >-
  Approval-gated API key. No OAuth, no OpenID Connect, no public self-service credential
  issuance, and no published scope model.
schemes:
- id: api_key
  type: apiKey
  name: null
  in: null
  documented: true
  note: >-
    An API key is issued to an approved requester. The parameter name and location are
    not published; they would appear only in the gated Swagger reference.
  source: https://developers.gosite.com/api-access
issuance:
  model: approval-gated
  self_service: false
  steps:
  - order: 1
    step: Create a GoSite customer account
    detail: >-
      "You'll need to create a new GoSite customer account to play with and test our
      APIs" — an existing commercial relationship with GoSite is a precondition.
  - order: 2
    step: Submit the request-access form
    detail: >-
      "Fill out this form to request API access. This will take < 5 mins. Explain why you
      want access to our APIs." The requester must justify the use case.
  - order: 3
    step: Receive an API key on approval
    detail: >-
      "Once approved, test out our Swagger APIs. Once your request is approved, we will
      provide an API Key that will let you make API calls."
  approval_required: true
  turnaround_published: false
oauth:
  supported: false
  note: >-
    No OAuth 2.0 or OpenID Connect surface is published. The probes of
    /.well-known/openid-configuration and /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server on
    every GoSite host missed (see well-known/gosite-well-known.yml), so no
    scopes/ artifact is emitted — there is no scope surface to describe.
mtls:
  supported: false
  documented: false
observed:
- url: https://api.gosite.com/
  status: 401
  body: '{"timestamp":"...","status":401,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"","path":"/"}'
  finding: >-
    Live authenticated Spring service on GoSite's own domain. It rejects anonymous
    requests with a JSON 401 envelope and returns NO WWW-Authenticate challenge, so the
    expected credential form cannot be inferred from the response.
- url: https://api.developers.gosite.com/docs/
  status: 502
  finding: >-
    The Swagger reference named by GoSite's own developer portal is down; the
    authentication section of the reference could not be read.
gaps:
- The API key header/parameter name is not published.
- No key rotation, expiry or revocation policy is published.
- No scope or permission model is published.
- No public reference documents the authentication flow end to end.