Client API - Overview
Endpoint: https://api.authsignal.com/v1/client
The Authsignal Client API can be used to perform challenges using different authentication methods and verify users.
This API is designed to be used if you’re not using Authsignal’s pre-built UI and are building your own web or native app UI.
Region selection
Use the appropriate API URL for your region.
Region | API URL |
---|---|
US (Oregon) | https://api.authsignal.com/v1 |
AU (Sydney) | https://au.api.authsignal.com/v1 |
EU (Dublin) | https://eu.api.authsignal.com/v1 |
Authentication
The Authsignal Client API uses bearer authentication with a short-lived token obtained from the Server API or via a Server SDK.
1. Track an action
You should first track an action that represents what the user is doing (e.g. “signIn”) and get a token which is valid for 10 minutes.
When tracking an action to enroll an authenticator, the scope add:authenticators
must be
explicitly specified if the user is already enrolled with at least one authentication method.
Learn more about scopes for authenticator
binding.
2. Use bearer auth
This token can then be used to authenticate to the Client API using bearer auth.
The authentication model is designed so you can call the Authsignal Client API directly from your web browser or mobile app (though you can also communicate via your backend where convenient). It is the same as the authentication model when using Client SDKs.
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