Nsw Land Registry Authentication

generated: '2026-07-26'
method: probed
source: >-
  live anonymous probes of every reachable NSW LRS host plus the published access statements at
  nswlrs.com.au; no OpenAPI securitySchemes exist to derive from
docs: https://nswlrs.com.au/services/record-searches/how-to-find-an-information-broker
summary:
  types:
  - none
  - contract-gated
  - session-login
  api_key_in: []
  oauth2_flows: []
  note: >-
    NSW Land Registry Services publishes no authentication documentation, issues no API keys and
    operates no OAuth or OpenID Connect surface that can be reached anonymously. Authentication in
    this estate is either absent (the two undocumented public read surfaces and the status page
    API) or replaced entirely by a commercial licence: register access is authorised by a broker
    licence agreement or by ELNO subscriber registration, not by a credential a developer can
    obtain online.
schemes:
- name: none
  type: none
  surface: NSW LRS status page API
  host: https://status.nswlrs.com.au/api/v2
  documented: true
  evidence: >-
    GET /api/v2/status.json, /api/v2/summary.json, /api/v2/components.json,
    /api/v2/incidents.json and /api/v2/scheduled-maintenances.json all returned HTTP 200 with
    Content-Type application/json and no credential of any kind on 2026-07-26. The published API
    reference at https://status.nswlrs.com.au/api documents the endpoints with plain curl examples
    and describes no authentication step.
- name: none
  type: none
  surface: HLRV IIIF Image API
  host: https://api.lrsnative.com.au/hlrv/iiif/2
  documented: false
  evidence: >-
    The Cantaloupe endpoint root, an info.json and a /full/200,/0/default.jpg derivative all
    returned HTTP 200 anonymously on 2026-07-26. No key issuance, no token, no rate-limit header.
- name: x-portal-token
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter_name: x-portal-token
  surface: HLRV document search proxy
  host: https://api.lrsnative.com.au/hlrv/documents
  documented: false
  enforced: false
  evidence: >-
    The HLRV single-page application configures its ReactiveSearch client with an x-portal-token
    header, but POST /hlrv/documents/_msearch returned HTTP 200 with hits.total 7160622 on
    2026-07-26 with no header supplied. The header exists in the client, is not enforced at the
    edge, and is not documented anywhere by NSW LRS.
- name: broker-licence
  type: contract
  surface: NSW LRS broker API estate (api.nswlrs.com.au)
  host: https://api.nswlrs.com.au
  documented: false
  evidence: >-
    Every path probed on api.nswlrs.com.au returned HTTP 403 {"message":"Forbidden"} with
    x-amzn-errortype ForbiddenException from AWS API Gateway, including /, /v1, /health, /docs,
    /openapi.json and /.well-known/openid-configuration. The status page publishes an "API Service"
    component under the Information Broker Services group, confirming a production API exists for
    licensed brokers. Access is granted by an official licence agreement: "Only an information
    broker we've authorised can access our records."
- name: elno-subscriber
  type: contract
  surface: Lodgment and dealing writes
  documented: true
  evidence: >-
    Writes to the Torrens Title Register are lodged through an Electronic Lodgment Network Operator
    (PEXA or Sympli) under the Electronic Conveyancing National Law; subscribers are registered
    under the NSW Participation Rules and examined under NSW LRS's delegated section 33 ECNL
    compliance authority. No direct machine credential is issued by NSW LRS.
- name: portal-login
  type: session
  surface: NSW LRS Connect / NSW LRS Online Portal
  host: https://connect.nswlrs.com.au
  documented: true
  evidence: >-
    connect.nswlrs.com.au is a login-gated OutSystems application for lodging parties;
    online.nswlrs.com.au is an IBM WebSphere Portal offering web-form searches. Both are
    human-interactive sessions with no published programmatic authentication.
gaps:
- No API key issuance, no OAuth 2.0, no OpenID Connect and no mutual TLS is published anywhere.
- No /.well-known/openid-configuration or /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server exists on any host.
- 'The only credential that reaches register data is commercial: a broker licence or ELNO subscription.'