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POST
/
auth
/
credentials
/
init
Create Credential Challenge
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.dfns.io/auth/credentials/init \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "kind": "Fido2"
}
'
{
  "kind": "Fido2",
  "user": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "displayName": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>"
  },
  "challengeIdentifier": "<string>",
  "challenge": "<string>",
  "authenticatorSelection": {
    "residentKey": "required",
    "requireResidentKey": true,
    "userVerification": "required",
    "authenticatorAttachment": "platform"
  },
  "attestation": "none",
  "pubKeyCredParams": [
    {
      "type": "public-key",
      "alg": 123
    }
  ],
  "excludeCredentials": [
    {
      "type": "public-key",
      "id": "cr-6uunn-bm6ja-f6rmod5kqrk5rbel"
    }
  ],
  "temporaryAuthenticationToken": "<string>",
  "rp": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>"
  }
}

​
Authentication

❌ Account User (AccountUser)
✅ Organization User (CustomerEmployee)
✅ Delegated User (EndUser)
❌ Personal Access Token not allowed
❌ Service Account

​
Required Permissions

No permission required.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer Token: Used to authenticate API requests. More details how to generate the token: Authentication flows

Body

application/json
​
kind
enum<string>
required

The kind of credential.

Available options:
Fido2,
Key,
RecoveryKey,
PasswordProtectedKey

Response

200 - application/json

Success

Fido2 Credential, also known as Passkeys or WebauthN credential.

​
kind
enum<string>
required
Available options:
Fido2
​
user
object
required
​
challengeIdentifier
string
required
​
challenge
string
required
​
authenticatorSelection
object
required
​
attestation
enum<string>
required

Identifies the information needed to verify the user's signing certificate; can be one of the following:

  • none: indicates no attestation data is required
  • indirect: indicates the attestation data should be given, but that it can be generated using an Anonymization CA
  • direct: indicates the attestation data must be given and should be generated by the authenticator
  • enterprise: indicates the attestation data should include information to uniquely identify the user's device
Available options:
none,
indirect,
direct,
enterprise
​
pubKeyCredParams
object[]
required
​
excludeCredentials
object[]
required
​
temporaryAuthenticationToken
string
required

@deprecated use challengeIdentifier instead

​
rp
object