niche · -0.5

Directory Services

Score 18.8 / 100 10 providers 7 APIs Search apis.io →
Business capabilities this tag reaches
Cybersecurity Management 1
Variants seen in the corpus: Directory ServicesDirectoryServices

Providers using this tag (10)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Microsoft Active DirectoryActive DirectoryAuthenticationAuthorization3 APIs55.0
Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Microsoft Windows ServerDatacenterEnterpriseInfrastructureMicrosoft1 API49.7DelineaPrivileged Access ManagementPAMSecrets ManagementIdentity Security1 API49.5Amazon Directory ServiceActive DirectoryAuthenticationIdentity Management1 API48.3Pure StorageStorageData StorageFlash StorageEnterprise Storage3 APIs47.3Microsoft Active DirectoryAuthenticationAuthorizationEnterprise1 API42.3
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
Spring SecurityAuthenticationAuthorizationJavaJWT2 APIs39.0JumpCloudIdentitySSOMFA1 API32.5
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
LDAPAuthenticationAuthorizationIdentity Management1 API12.5
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
OpenLDAPLDAPIdentityAuthentication1 API8.2

APIs with this tag (7)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Microsoft Graph Directory Roles and Administrative Units APIManage Microsoft Entra built-in and custom directory roles, role assignments, and role-scoped administrativ...55.0
Developing 3 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Active Directory Domain Services APILDAP and REST APIs for Active Directory management and authentication.49.7Delinea DirectoryServices APIView and maintain Directory Services integrations49.5Pure Storage Directory Services APIManages directory service configurations for integration with LDAP servers (e.g. Active Directory and OpenL...47.3
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
Spring Security LDAPLDAP authentication and authorization support for Spring Security. Supports LDAP bind authentication, passw...39.0JumpCloud API V1REST API for managing core directory resources including users, systems, system users, tags, commands, poli...32.5
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
LDAPLightweight Directory Access Protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information servi...12.5

Score breakdown

Frequency
39.7
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.3
spread across providers
Quality lift
42.2
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
2.4
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Active Directory 5 co-occurrences LDAP 5 co-occurrences Authorization 5 co-occurrences Application 5 co-occurrences Authentication 8 co-occurrences

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Api tag7
Openapi tag2
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