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Federation

Score 22.0 / 100 14 providers +37 via APIs 56 APIs Search apis.io →
Business capabilities this tag reaches
Cybersecurity Management 2

Providers using this tag (14)

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

Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
Emerging 6 Early or largely undocumented

APIs with this tag (56)

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Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Developing 23 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
WunderGraph Cloud GraphQL APIThe WunderGraph Cosmo GraphQL API provides full lifecycle management of federated GraphQL APIs, including s...53.0NSX-T Global Manager APIAPI for managing NSX Federation with centralized configuration of multiple NSX deployments across sites.52.3Misskey Federation APIThe federation API from Misskey — 9 operation(s) for federation.51.0University of Twente SAML 2.0 Identity Provider (SURFconext)The university's own SAML 2.0 identity provider, entityID https://sts.windows.net/723246a1-c3f5-43c5-acdc-4...50.7Apollo ConnectorsApollo Connectors simplify REST API orchestration in graphs, replacing unmaintainable procedural code with ...50.5Apollo FederationApollo Federation enables declarative composition of multiple APIs into a single federated GraphQL API. It ...50.5Apollo GraphOS Platform APIThe GraphOS Platform API enables programmatic management of Apollo GraphOS, including publishing schemas, r...50.5Apollo GraphQLWhether your team is new to GraphQL, or seasoned experts, learn why Apollo is the fastest and safest way to...50.5Apollo RouterApollo Router is a high-performance graph router written in Rust for running federated supergraphs using Ap...50.5Rover CLIRover is the command-line interface for managing and maintaining graphs with Apollo GraphOS. It supports pu...50.5ETSI MEC 040 MEC Federation Enablement APIThe MEC Federation enablement API from ETSI GS MEC 040, which lets edge systems operated by different provi...50.2ETSI NFV SOL011 Or-Or Multi-Administrative-Domain APIsThe RESTful protocols and data models of ETSI GS NFV-SOL 011 on the Or-Or reference point, used between NFV...50.2ETSI Operator Platform Open Exposure Gateway APIThe Open Exposure Gateway of the ETSI Operator Platform SDG, implementing the Open Exposure Gateway role de...50.2Shibboleth SAML Identity Provider (UK Access Management Federation)The University's own Shibboleth Identity Provider, entityID https://shib.manchester.ac.uk/shibboleth, asser...45.0Yale University Federation APISAML 2.0 entity metadata43.9BigQuery Connection APIThe BigQuery Connection API enables developers to create and manage connections between BigQuery and extern...43.5Rice Shibboleth SAML 2.0 Identity ProviderRice University's own Shibboleth/SAML 2.0 identity provider, publishing a live EntityDescriptor with an IDP...42.7IITB Central SSO — OpenID ConnectThe IIT Bombay Computer Centre's central identity provider, and the credential every institutional service ...42.5Kuma Multizone APIKuma's Multizone deployment API enables managing service meshes across multiple Kubernetes clusters and Uni...42.0UGM Shibboleth SAML 2.0 Identity ProviderUGM's own Shibboleth Identity Provider, entityID https://sso.ugm.ac.id/idp/shibboleth, publishing an unsign...42.0Lemmy Federation APIActivityPub federation and cross-instance operations41.8myLogin Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata)The university's own Shibboleth Identity Provider, myLogin, operated by the Universitätsrechenzentrum. Its ...39.6Texas A&M University Federation APISAML 2.0 identity federation metadata.39.3
Thin 22 Limited public surface area
Politecnico di Milano Federation APISAML 2.0 metadata publication.38.5TU Berlin Matrix Homeserver (Client-Server API)TU Berlin runs its own Matrix homeserver for institutional messaging, with an Element web client at chat.tu...38.0Spring Security SAML2SAML 2.0 Service Provider support for Spring Security. Enables SSO integration with SAML identity providers...37.8Shibboleth SAML Identity Provider (UK Access Management Federation)The University's own Shibboleth 3.x Identity Provider, entityID https://webauth.soton.ac.uk/shibboleth, ass...37.2Linkerd Multicluster APIThe Linkerd Multicluster extension provides Kubernetes CRDs and a gateway component that enables transparen...37.0Grafbase Management APIGraphQL-based management API that powers the Grafbase Dashboard and enables programmatic control of organiz...36.8GraphQL Mesh APIGraphQL federation framework that composes any API service — REST, OpenAPI, gRPC, SOAP, OData, JSON Schema,...36.7GraphQL Tools APIA set of utilities for faster GraphQL development, enabling SDL-first schema building, type-safe resolver c...36.7Hive GatewayHive Gateway is a federated GraphQL routing engine from The Guild that supports both Apollo Federation and ...36.7Identity Platform OAuth Configuration APIThe OAuth Configuration API allows developers to programmatically manage OAuth identity provider configurat...36.7Spacetime Federation API (East-West Interface)The Federation API, or East-West Interface, allows peer networks to request and to supply network resources...36.3Synapse Federation APIFederation management35.4Searchcraft Federation APIThe Federation API from Searchcraft — 3 operation(s) for federation.32.7FAU Matrix HomeserverFAU operates a Matrix homeserver — Synapse 1.159.0 at matrix.fau.de — with a hosted Element web client at c...32.5Maastricht University Identity Provider (ADFS / SURFconext / eduGAIN)Maastricht University runs its own identity provider on login.maastrichtuniversity.nl and publishes two mac...32.3UQ Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth)UQ operates a SAML 2.0 Shibboleth identity provider, entityID urn:mace:federation.org.au:testfed:uq.edu.au,...31.9VictoriaMetrics Admin / Federation APIAdministrative endpoints for time-series deletion (/api/v1/admin/tsdb/ delete_series), data export/import (...29.5ASU Shibboleth SAML 2.0 Identity ProviderASU's own Shibboleth Identity Provider, entityID urn:mace:incommon:asu.edu, asserting the scope asu.edu. AS...28.7Matrix Server-Server (Federation) APIFederation API that lets Matrix homeservers exchange events, presence, and key information with one another...28.7Microsoft Entra ID Tenant — OpenID Connect DiscoveryQueen Mary's Microsoft Entra ID tenant, GUID 569df091-b013-40e3-86ee-bd9cb9e25814, EU region scope. The Ope...26.5Shibboleth SAML Identity Provider (UK Access Management Federation)Queen Mary's own Shibboleth Identity Provider, entityID https://idp.shibboleth.qmul.ac.uk/idp/shibboleth, a...26.5ENS de Lyon Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata)ENS de Lyon self-hosts its Shibboleth Identity Provider on its own registrable domain. The entityID is http...26.2
Emerging 10 Early or largely undocumented

Companies reaching this through an API (37)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Federation” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Aalyria Amazon Web Services Arizona State University Casdoor ETSI Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Gadjah Mada University Google BigQuery Google Identity Platform Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Kuma Lemmy Linkerd Maastricht University Matrix Misskey Modern NeuVector Politecnico di Milano Queen Mary University of London Rice University Searchcraft Spring Security Technical University of Berlin Texas A&M University Universiti Putra Malaysia University of Aberdeen University of Freiburg University of Manchester University of Queensland University of Southampton University of Twente VictoriaMetrics VMware Yale University École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

Score breakdown

Frequency
50.6
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.4
spread across providers
Quality lift
39.2
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
9.4
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

eduGAIN 14 co-occurrences SAML 23 co-occurrences ROR 10 co-occurrences Identity Federation 23 co-occurrences Crossref 8 co-occurrences Shibboleth 15 co-occurrences University 20 co-occurrences

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