National Tsing Hua University · Authentication Profile

Nthu Authentication

Authentication

National Tsing Hua University secures its APIs with oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

nthuOAuth oauth2

· flows: authorizationCode

none none

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-08-30'
method: derived
source: https://oauth.ccxp.nthu.edu.tw/v1.1/doc/
note: >-
  Derived from National Tsing Hua University's own published OAuth interface manual and confirmed by
  live probes of the three endpoints on 2026-08-30. NTHU publishes no OpenAPI or OIDC discovery
  document; there is no .well-known/openid-configuration on the host (403).
summary:
  types:
  - oauth2
schemes:
- name: nthuOAuth
  type: oauth2
  x-operator: institution
  operator_detail: >-
    Run by NTHU's Computer and Communication Center against the Academic Information System (CCXP).
    Host oauth.ccxp.nthu.edu.tw resolves to 140.114.68.19, inside NTHU's own TANet allocation.
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://oauth.ccxp.nthu.edu.tw/v1.1/authorize.php
    tokenUrl: https://oauth.ccxp.nthu.edu.tw/v1.1/token.php
    refreshUrl: https://oauth.ccxp.nthu.edu.tw/v1.1/token.php
    refresh_tokens: true
    token_type: Bearer
    pkce: not_documented
  onboarding: gated
  onboarding_detail: >-
    Not self-service. Applicants must be current NTHU faculty, staff or enrolled students, must have
    the request signed off by their unit head, and must pass review by the Computer and Communication
    Center plus every unit that owns a requested data field. Application form published as
    https://oauth.ccxp.nthu.edu.tw/v1.1/doc/OAuth-Apply.docx.
  credential_lifetime: >-
    Secret keys are valid for one year and must be re-applied for on expiry (policy article 5).
  transport_requirement: >-
    Callback URLs must use an encrypted connection (policy article 3).
  prohibited: >-
    Proxying or harvesting a user's account and password on the client's own login form is
    prohibited; violation suspends the account and bars the unit from the service for one year
    (policy article 6).
  sources:
  - https://oauth.ccxp.nthu.edu.tw/v1.1/doc/
  - https://law.site.nthu.edu.tw/p/406-1326-197509,r6923.php
  - openapi/nthu-oauth-api-openapi.yml
- name: none
  type: none
  x-operator: tenant
  description: >-
    The NTHU Data API at api.nthusa.tw requires no authentication. All 22 documented paths were
    probed keyless on 2026-08-30 and returned 200 with live campus data.
  sources:
  - openapi/_original/nthu-data-api.yaml

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