Start Login

This endpoint is necessary for the GUI to detect if the user must log in with a basic email/password setup or be redirected to an SSO identity provider.

Example of call:

POST /api/rest/v1/authentication/start_login
{
  "email": "bob@example.com"
}

Example of response:

• mode: can be Basic, OIDC or SAML

{
  "mode": "OIDC"
}

The mode returned by the call will define the continuation of the login flow.

SAML - SSO

This endpoint is called by the GUI to receive the redirection the user must follow in order to get authenticated by the identity provider.

POST /api/rest/v1/authentication/saml/sso

Example of request body:

{
  "email": "bob@example.com"
}

Example of response:

302
Location https://idp.example.com/SAML2/Redirect/SSO?SAMLRequest=...&RelayState=...

SAML - ACS

This endpoint is the redirection used by the SAML flow to confirm the authentication of a user.

POST /api/rest/v1/authentication/saml/acs

Example of request body:

{
  "RelayState": "...",
  "SAMLResponse": "..."
}

Example of response:

200
Set-Cookie: token=...; HttpOnly; Secure;
{
  "token": "..."
}

Diagram below - Calling an endpoint of Taurus-PROTECT with SAML 2.0

OIDC - SSO

This endpoint is called by the GUI to receive the redirection the user must follow in order to get authenticated by the identity provider.

POST /api/rest/v1/authentication/oidc/sso

Example of request body:

{
  "email": "bob@example.com"
}

Example of Response

302
Location https://idp.example.com/authorize?redirect_uri=...&client_id=...

OIDC - Token

This endpoint is called by the GUI after it receives a code from the identity provider. Protect can then contact the identity provider to accept the session.

POST /api/rest/v1/authentication/oidc/token

Example of request body:

{
  "code": "...",
  "state": "..."
}

Example of Response

200
Set-Cookie: token=...; HttpOnly; Secure;
{
  "token": "..."
}

Diagram below - Calling an endpoint of Taurus-PROTECT with OIDC