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# REST backend
The REST backend allows you to query identity data in existing webapps, like:
- Forums (phpBB, Discourse, etc.)
- Custom Identity stores (Keycloak, ...)
- CRMs (Wordpress, ...)
- self-hosted clouds (Nextcloud, ownCloud, ...)
It supports the following mxisd flows:
- Identity lookup
- Authentication
To integrate this backend with your webapp, you will need to implement three specific REST endpoints detailed below.
## Configuration
| Key | Default | Description |
---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| rest.enabled | false | Globally enable/disable the REST backend |
| rest.host | *empty* | Default base URL to use for the different endpoints. |
| rest.endpoints.auth | /_mxisd/identity/api/v1/auth | Endpoint to validate credentials |
| rest.endpoints.identity.single | /_mxisd/identity/api/v1/lookup/single | Endpoint to query a single 3PID |
| rest.endpoints.identity.bulk | /_mxisd/identity/api/v1/lookup/bulk | Endpoint to query a list of 3PID |
Endpoint values can handle two formats:
- URL Path starting with `/` that gets happened to the `rest.host`
- Full URL, if you want each endpoint to go to a specific server/protocol/port
`rest.host` is only mandatory if at least one endpoint is not a full URL.
## Endpoints
### Authenticate
Configured with `rest.endpoints.auth`
HTTP method: `POST`
Encoding: JSON UTF-8
#### Request Body
```
{
"auth": {
"mxid": "@john.doe:example.org",
"localpart": "john.doe",
"domain": "example.org",
"password": "passwordOfTheUser"
}
}
```
#### Response Body
If the authentication fails:
```
{
"auth": {
"success": false
}
}
```
If the authentication succeed:
- `auth.id` supported values: `localpart`, `mxid`
- `auth.profile` and any sub-member are all optional
```
{
"auth": {
"success": true,
"id": {
"type": "localpart",
"value": "john"
},
"profile": {
"display_name": "John Doe",
"three_pids": [
{
"medium": "email",
"address": "john.doe@example.org"
},
{
"medium": "msisdn",
"address": "123456789"
}
]
}
}
}
```
### Lookup
#### Single
Configured with `rest.endpoints.identity.single`
HTTP method: `POST`
Encoding: JSON UTF-8
#### Request Body
```
{
"lookup": {
"medium": "email",
"address": "john.doe@example.org"
}
}
```
#### Response Body
If a match was found:
- `lookup.id.type` supported values: `localpart`, `mxid`
```
{
"lookup": {
"medium": "email",
"address": "john.doe@example.org",
"id": {
"type": "mxid",
"value": "@john:example.org"
}
}
}
```
If no match was found:
```
{}
```
#### Bulk
Configured with `rest.endpoints.identity.bulk`
HTTP method: `POST`
Encoding: JSON UTF-8
#### Request Body
```
{
"lookup": [
{
"medium": "email",
"address": "john.doe@example.org"
},
{
"medium": "msisdn",
"address": "123456789"
}
]
}
```
#### Response Body
For all entries where a match was found:
- `lookup[].id.type` supported values: `localpart`, `mxid`
```
{
"lookup": [
{
"medium": "email",
"address": "john.doe@example.org",
"id": {
"type": "localpart",
"value": "john"
}
},
{
"medium": "msisdn",
"address": "123456789",
"id": {
"type": "mxid",
"value": "@jane:example.org"
}
}
]
}
```
If no match was found:
```
{
"lookup": []
}
```