Liberty Global Authentication

generated: '2026-07-25'
method: searched
source: openapi/*.yml (derived — none found) + provider README (searched)
docs: https://github.com/LibertyGlobal/appstore-metadata-service/blob/master/README.md
summary:
  types: [http]
  http_schemes: [basic]
  api_key_in: []
  oauth2_flows: []
  declared_in_openapi: false
  documented_in_readme: true
note: >-
  0-working/derive-authentication.py returned zero schemes: none of the three
  harvested OpenAPI documents declares a `securitySchemes` block, and none
  applies `security` at the document or operation level. The auth model is
  nevertheless real and documented — it lives in the AppStore Metadata Service
  README rather than in the specification. That is the finding: an
  authenticated API whose contract does not describe its own authentication.
schemes:
- name: as3-basic
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  perspective: Maintainer (AS3)
  applies_to: >-
    Every write and maintainer-scoped operation — createMaintainer,
    getMaintainer, replaceMaintainer, deleteMaintainer,
    listMaintainerApplications, createMaintainerApplication,
    getMaintainerApplication, replaceMaintainerApplication,
    deleteMaintainerApplication
  enforced_by: >-
    The AS3 Proxy, an Nginx server in front of ASMS that exposes the metadata
    management methods and authorizes each maintainer to their own
    applications. Not enforced by the ASMS service itself.
  documented_example: "Authorization: Basic <base64 of the as3 dev user>"
  source: https://github.com/LibertyGlobal/appstore-metadata-service#request-samples
  declared_in_spec: false
- name: stb-basic
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  perspective: STB
  applies_to: 'Read-only discovery operations: listApplications, getApplicationDetails'
  enforced_by: >-
    The ASMS Proxy, a separate Nginx server that limits the method set exposed
    to set-top-box devices to fetch-only. The README states this component
    "should be providing unique authentication/authorization capabilities in
    future versions of the ASMS initiative" — i.e. the STB-side auth model is
    explicitly acknowledged as unfinished.
  documented_example: "Authorization: Basic <base64 of the stb dev user>"
  source: https://github.com/LibertyGlobal/appstore-metadata-service#request-samples
  declared_in_spec: false
unauthenticated_surfaces:
- api: openapi/liberty-global-appstore-bundle-service-openapi.yml
  note: >-
    The AppStore Bundle Service specification declares no securitySchemes and
    the README shows no Authorization header on any call. It is an internal
    service reached from the caching layer, not a public endpoint.
- api: openapi/liberty-global-appstore-caching-service-openapi.yml
  note: >-
    Same. The caching service is an Nginx proxy in front of the bundle service;
    no auth is declared or documented.
group_level:
  camara_apis:
    auth_model: not published by Liberty Global
    note: >-
      The CAMARA network APIs the group sells (SIM Swap, Number Verification,
      KYC Age Verify, KYC Tenure) are onboarded through the operating joint
      ventures — Virgin Media O2 and VodafoneZiggo — not through the parent.
      No OIDC discovery document, no CIBA endpoint and no client-credentials
      flow is published on any libertyglobal.com host; see
      well-known/liberty-global-well-known.yml. CAMARA's own security profile
      builds on OIDC/CIBA, but Liberty Global publishes nothing that would let
      a developer authenticate.
    ciba: false
    oidc_discovery: false