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Interac Authentication

Authentication

Interac secures its APIs with oauth2 and openIdConnect across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode, implicit, clientCredentials, and refreshToken flow(s).

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Methods: oauth2, openIdConnect Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, implicit, clientCredentials, refreshToken API key in:

Security Schemes

openid_connect openIdConnect
oauth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

interac-authentication.yml Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-23'
method: searched
source: https://gateway-portal.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/.well-known/openid-configuration
docs: https://documents.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/docs/quick-start-guide
summary:
  types: [oauth2, openIdConnect]
  oauth2_flows: [authorizationCode, implicit, clientCredentials, refreshToken]
  oidc: true
  par_required: true
  request_object: true          # signed JWT request parameter (JAR)
  client_auth: [client_secret_post, client_secret_basic, private_key_jwt, none]
  id_token_signing: [RS256]
schemes:
- name: openid_connect
  type: openIdConnect
  openIdConnectUrl: https://gateway-portal.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/.well-known/openid-configuration
  issuer: https://gateway-portal.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/
  sources: [well-known/interac-openid-configuration.json]
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://gateway-portal.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/auth
    tokenUrl: https://gateway-portal.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/oauth2/token
    pushedAuthorizationRequestUrl: https://gateway-portal.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/auth/par
    refreshUrl: https://gateway-portal.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/oauth2/token
  grant_types_supported: [authorization_code, implicit, client_credentials, refresh_token]
endpoints:
  authorization_endpoint: https://gateway-portal.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/auth
  pushed_authorization_request_endpoint: https://gateway-portal.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/auth/par
  token_endpoint: https://gateway-portal.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/oauth2/token
  userinfo_endpoint: https://gateway-portal.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/userinfo
  jwks_uri: https://gateway-portal.hub-verify.innovation.interac.ca/.well-known/jwks.json
notes: >-
  Relying parties authenticate with the OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect Authorization
  Code Grant. The authorization request is carried either as a signed JWT request
  object on GET /auth or, preferably, via a back-channel Pushed Authorization
  Request (POST /auth/par); require_request_uri_registration and
  request_parameter_supported are both true. Clients authenticate to the token
  endpoint with private_key_jwt (a client assertion signed by the RP's RSA key,
  published at the RP's own JWKS URL) or client_secret_post/basic. id_tokens are
  signed RS256. Verified claims are retrieved from GET /userinfo with the bearer
  access token. Production issuer/endpoints are provisioned at partner onboarding.