Authentication

Inputs which carry authentication data wrap another input can be marked as such by declaring them using members of the auth object. Apart from predefined codecs for some authentication methods, such inputs will be treated differently] when generating documentation. Otherwise, they behave as normal inputs which map to the the given type.

Currently, the following authentication inputs are available (assuming import tapir._):

  • auth.apiKey(anotherInput): wraps any other input and designates it as an api key. The input is typically a header, cookie or a query parameter
  • auth.basic: EndpointInput[UsernamePassword]: maps to the base64-encoded username/password pair in the Authorization header
  • auth.bearer: EndpointInput[String]: maps to Bearer [token] in the Authorization header
  • auth.oauth2.authorizationCode(authorizationUrl, tokenUrl, scopes, refreshUrl): EndpointInput[String]: creates an OAuth2 authorization using authorization code - sign in using an auth service (for documentation, requires defining also the oauth2-redirect.html, see Generating OpenAPI documentation)

Multiple authentication inputs indicate that all of the given authentication values should be provided. Specifying alternative authentication methods (where only one value out of many needs to be provided) is currently not supported.

When interpreting a route as a server, it is useful to define the authentication input first, to be able to share the authentication logic among multiple endpoints easily. See server logic for more details.