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SCIM API#

Gluu Server Community Edition supports the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) version 2.0 out of the box.

To enable SCIM open the oxTrust administration interface and navigate to Organization Configuration > System Configuration. Find SCIM Support and select Enabled.

enable

Then enable the protection mode you want for your API, see details here.

HTTP verbs#

As a summary, these are the verbs a compliant SCIM server implementation (like Gluu) speaks:

HTTP Method Description
GET Retrieves one or more resources (e.g. Users/Groups)
POST Creates new resources, executes searches, send bulk requests (batches)
PUT Modifies resources by adding and replacing attributes
DELETE Deletes a resource
PATCH Modifies a resource using a client-provided specific set of changes (additions, removals, and updates)

Resource types#

The following resources are supported:

Resource Schema URI Notes
User urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User See section 4.1 of RFC 7643
Group urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group See section 4.2 of RFC 7643
Fido devices urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:FidoDevice Represents a fido credential enrolled by a user

Additionally the following resource extensions are defined:

Resource Schema URI Attributes
User urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:gluu:2.0:User Attributes can be assigned dynamically via oxTrust

In this section we provide a conformance matrix where you can see which features from the spec are supported by Gluu implementation.

To learn about the specific capabilities of the service, inspect your /ServiceProvider, /ResourceTypes, and /Schemas endpoints (see below). These endpoints are not protected so you can use a web browser to check.

SCIM Endpoints#

The following table summarizes the available endpoints in Gluu implementation of SCIM service

Endpoint Resource HTTP methods Description
/Users User GET, POST, PUT, DELETE Retrieve, add, modify and delete Users
/Groups Group GET, POST, PUT, DELETE Retrieve, add, modify and delete Groups
/FidoDevices Fido devices GET, PUT, DELETE Retrieve, modify and delete Fido devices
/Bulk POST Applies operations of different kind to a set of resources
/.search POST Search resources of all kind
/ServiceProvider GET Retrieve service provider configuration
/ResourceTypes GET Retrieve supported resource types
/Schemas GET Retrieve supported schemas info

!!! Note: Actual endpoint URLs are prefixed accordingly with the root URL of SCIM API. As an example, the user's endpoint URL to use in your applications should be https://your.gluu-host.com/identity/restv1/scim/v2/Users.

SCIM 2.0 is governed by the SCIM:Core Schema and SCIM:Protocol spec docs. The latter contains full details about the API structure, so use it as a reference in your development tasks.

Important notes:

  • Unless otherwise stated, all endpoints are protected via UMA 2.0 or test mode.

  • All payloads sent to endpoints using POST or PUT should be supplied using Content-Type: application/scim+json or application/json, and using UTF-8 encoding. Liwewise, output is sent from server in UTF-8.

Conformance matrix#

The following table lists characteristics of SCIM protocol (see section 3 of RFC 7644) and correlates the level of support and conformance provided by Gluu Server implementation.

Characteristic Compliance Available via methods Notes on support
Resource creation Full POST Creation of Fido Devices not applicable
Resource retrieval by identifier Full GET
Resource(s) retrieval by query Full GET and POST Supports searches from root endpoint too. Complex multi-valued attributes not supported in sortBy param
Resource attributes replacement Partial PUT To avoid clients to accidentally clear data, only attributes found in payload are modified. No need to pass the whole resource nor required attributes
Resource attributes modification Full PATCH All types of operations supported (add/remove/replace) for user and group resources
Resource removal Full DELETE
Bulk operations Full POST Circular reference processing not supported. bulkIds can be used not only in "data" attribute of operations but in "path" too
Returned attributes control Full GET, POST, PUT, PATCH Supports attributes/excludedAttributes params and attribute notation (sections 3.9/3.10)
"/me" URI alias - - Not applicable: operations actually not executed on a user's behalf or other SCIM resource
Resource versioning - - Feature may be available upon explicit customer demand

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/Users#

GET#

Search users based on filter criteria (see section 3.4.2 of RFC 7644).

Query parameters#

Name Required Data type
filter no string
startIndex no string
count no int
sortBy no string
sortOrder no string
attributes no string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no string (comma-separated list)

Response#

Output data is in form of a ListResponse. Resources returned belong to User.

Status code 200 is returned for a successful response.

POST#

Creates a user (see section 3.3 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

Name Required Located in Data type
attributes no url string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no url string (comma-separated list)
yes body (payload) Group

Response#

The representation of the user created containing the attributes whose returnability is "default". This can be overriden by supplying attributes or excludedAttributes query parameters (see section 3.4.2.5 of RFC 7644).

Status code 201 is returned upon successful operation.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/Users/.search#

Search groups based on filter criteria (see section 3.4.3 of RFC 7644).

POST#

Parameters#

Name Required Data type
filter no string
startIndex no string
count no int
sortBy no string
sortOrder no string
attributes no string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no string (comma-separated list)

Response#

Output data is in form of a ListResponse. Resources returned belong to User.

Status code 200 is returned for a successful response.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/Users/{id}#

GET#

Returns a user by id (see section 3.4.1 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

Name Required Located in Data type
attributes no url string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no url string (comma-separated list)

Response#

The user requested containing the attributes whose returnability is "default". This can be overriden by supplying attributes or excludedAttributes query parameters (see section 3.4.2.5 of RFC 7644).

Status code 200 is returned upon successful operation. If the id supplied as part of the URL does not map to an existing user, then 404 is returned.

PUT#

Updates a user (see section 3.5.1 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

Name Required Located in Data type
attributes no url string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no url string (comma-separated list)
yes body (payload) User

For payload data, it's not necessary to provide the whole User representation. Partial data suffices, that is, a Json object that contains the attributes to be replaced in the destination.

Response#

The representation of the user (after the update) containing the attributes whose returnability is "default". This can be overriden by supplying attributes or excludedAttributes query parameters (see section 3.4.2.5 of RFC 7644).

Status code 200 is returned upon successful operation. If the id supplied as part of the URL does not map to an existing user, then 404 is returned.

PATCH#

Modifies a user (see section 3.5.2 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

Name Required Located in Data type
attributes no url string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no url string (comma-separated list)
yes body (payload) PatchRequest

Response#

The representation of the user (after modification) containing the attributes whose returnability is "default". This can be overriden by supplying attributes or excludedAttributes query parameters (see section 3.4.2.5 of RFC 7644).

Status code 200 is returned upon successful operation. If the id supplied as part of the URL does not map to an existing user, then 404 is returned.

DELETE#

Deletes a user (see section 3.6 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

None

Response#

A no content response (status code 204) if the operation was a successful. If the id supplied as part of the URL does not map to an existing user, then 404 is returned.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/Groups#

GET#

Search groups based on filter criteria (see section 3.4.2 of RFC 7644).

Query parameters#

Name Required Data type
filter no string
startIndex no string
count no int
sortBy no string
sortOrder no string
attributes no string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no string (comma-separated list)

Response#

Output data is in form of a ListResponse. Resources returned belong to Group.

Status code 200 is returned for a successful response.

POST#

Creates a group (see section 3.3 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

Name Required Located in Data type
attributes no url string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no url string (comma-separated list)
yes body (payload) Group

Response#

The representation of the group created containing the attributes whose returnability is "default". This can be overriden by supplying attributes or excludedAttributes query parameters (see section 3.4.2.5 of RFC 7644).

Status code 201 is returned upon successful operation.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/Groups/.search#

Search groups based on filter criteria (see section 3.4.3 of RFC 7644).

POST#

Parameters#

Name Required Data type
filter no string
startIndex no string
count no int
sortBy no string
sortOrder no string
attributes no string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no string (comma-separated list)

Response#

Output data is in form of a ListResponse. Resources returned belong to Group.

Status code 200 is returned for a successful response.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/Groups/{id}#

GET#

Returns a group by id (see section 3.4.1 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

Name Required Located in Data type
attributes no url string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no url string (comma-separated list)

Response#

The group requested containing the attributes whose returnability is "default". This can be overriden by supplying attributes or excludedAttributes query parameters (see section 3.4.2.5 of RFC 7644).

Status code 200 is returned upon successful operation. If the id supplied as part of the URL does not map to an existing group, then 404 is returned.

PUT#

Updates a group (see section 3.5.1 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

Name Required Located in Data type
attributes no url string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no url string (comma-separated list)
yes body (payload) Group

For payload data, it's not necessary to provide the whole Group representation. Partial data suffices, that is, a Json object that contains the attributes to be replaced in the destination.

Response#

The representation of the group (after the update) containing the attributes whose returnability is "default". This can be overriden by supplying attributes or excludedAttributes query parameters (see section 3.4.2.5 of RFC 7644).

Status code 200 is returned upon successful operation. If the id supplied as part of the URL does not map to an existing group, then 404 is returned.

PATCH#

Modifies a group (see section 3.5.2 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

Name Required Located in Data type
attributes no url string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no url string (comma-separated list)
yes body (payload) PatchRequest

Response#

The representation of the group (after modification) containing the attributes whose returnability is "default". This can be overriden by supplying attributes or excludedAttributes query parameters (see section 3.4.2.5 of RFC 7644).

Status code 200 is returned upon successful operation. If the id supplied as part of the URL does not map to an existing group, then 404 is returned.

DELETE#

Deletes a group (see section 3.6 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

None

Response#

A no content response (status code 204) if the operation was a successful. If the id supplied as part of the URL does not map to an existing group, then 404 is returned.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/FidoDevices#

GET#

Search fido devices based on filter criteria (see section 3.4.2 of RFC 7644).

Query parameters#

Name Required Data type
filter no string
startIndex no string
count no int
sortBy no string
sortOrder no string
attributes no string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no string (comma-separated list)

Response#

Output data is in form of a ListResponse. Resources returned belong to FidoDevice.

Status code 200 is returned for a successful response.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/FidoDevices/.search#

Search fido devices based on filter criteria (see section 3.4.3 of RFC 7644).

POST#

Parameters#

Name Required Data type
filter no string
startIndex no string
count no int
sortBy no string
sortOrder no string
attributes no string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no string (comma-separated list)

Response#

Output data is in form of a ListResponse. Resources returned belong to FidoDevice.

Status code 200 is returned for a successful response.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/FidoDevices/{id}#

GET#

Returns a fido device by id (see section 3.4.1 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

Name Required Located in Data type
attributes no url string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no url string (comma-separated list)

Response#

The FidoDevice requested containing the attributes whose returnability is "default". This can be overriden by supplying attributes or excludedAttributes query parameters (see section 3.4.2.5 of RFC 7644).

Status code 200 is returned upon successful operation. If the id supplied as part of the URL does not map to an existing fido device, then 404 is returned.

PUT#

Updates a fido device (see section 3.5.1 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

Name Required Located in Data type
attributes no url string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no url string (comma-separated list)
yes body (payload) FidoDevice

For payload data, it's not necessary to provide the whole FidoDevice representation. Partial data suffices, that is, a Json object that contains the attributes to be replaced in the destination.

Take into account the mutability of attributes for this resource (check the /Schemas endpoint). For security reasons only a few attributes are allowed to be modified.

Response#

The representation of the FidoDevice (after the update) containing the attributes whose returnability is "default". This can be overriden by supplying attributes or excludedAttributes query parameters (see section 3.4.2.5 of RFC 7644).

Status code 200 is returned upon successful operation. If the id supplied as part of the URL does not map to an existing fido device, then 404 is returned.

DELETE#

Deletes a fido device (see section 3.6 of RFC 7644).

Parameters#

None

Response#

A no content response (status code 204) if the operation was a successful. If the id supplied as part of the URL does not map to an existing fido device, then 404 is returned.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/Bulk#

Applies bulk operations (see section 3.7 of RFC 7644).

POST#

Parameters#

Name Located in Required Data type
body (payload) yes BulkRequest

Response#

A BulkResponse with details of every attempted operation. The shape and size of the response depends heavily on the value of "failOnErrors" found in BulkRequest (see spec).

Status code 200 is returned upon successful operation. Every operation result in BulkResponse contains at the same time its own status code.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/.search#

Search resources based on filter criteria (see section 3.4.3 of RFC 7644).

POST#

Parameters#

Name Required Data type
filter no string
startIndex no string
count no int
sortBy no string
sortOrder no string
attributes no string (comma-separated list)
excludedAttributes no string (comma-separated list)

Response#

Output data is in form of a ListResponse. Resources returned belong to Resource.

Status code 200 is returned for a successful response.

Service Provider Configuration Endpoints#

There are three endpoints that facilitate discovery of features of the service itself and about the schema used; in other words, service metadata. Please check section 4 of RFC 7644 for more information.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/ServiceProvider#

Security#

This endpoint is not protected

GET#

Parameters#

None (no query params).

Response#

Information about the capabilities of the server in Json format as decribed in section 5 of RFC 7643.

Status code 200 is returned for a successful response.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/ResourceTypes#

Security#

This endpoint is not protected

GET#

Parameters#

None (no query params).

Response#

Information about the types of resources available in the service (e.g., Users and Groups) in form of a ListResponse.

It's possible to request the information for a single resource type by adding a resource name suffix to the URL, for instance /ResourceTypes/User for users. In this case, a json is returned according to section 6 of RFC 7643.

Status code 200 is returned for a successful response.

/identity/restv1/scim/v2/Schemas#

Security#

This endpoint is not protected

GET#

Parameters#

None (no query params).

Response#

Retrieves the schemas in use by available resources (and which are accepted by the service provider).

Output data is in form of a ListResponse, however it's possible to request the information for a single resource type by adding a schema URI suffix to the URL, for instance /Schemas/urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group for schema info about groups. In this case, a json is returned according to section 7 of RFC 7643.

Status code 200 is returned for a successful response.

Definitions#

This section summarizes data model definitions useful to understand what values to supply when interacting with the different endpoints of the API. For more detailed information please:

  • See SCIM:Core Schema
  • Inspect the contents of the /Schemas endpoint. Use a browser for this (none of the service provider configuration endpoints are protected).

General#

Meta

name type required
created string (date-time) no
lastModified string (date-time) no
location string no
resourceType string no

ListResponse

name type required
schemas array[string] yes
totalResults integer no
startIndex integer no
itemsPerPage integer no
resources array[Resource] yes

Resource

name type required
schemas array[string] required
id string no
externalId string no
meta Meta no

Bulks#

BulkRequest

name type required
schemas array[string] yes
failOnErrors integer no
operations array[BulkOperation] yes

BulkResponse

name type required
schemas array[string] yes
operations array[BulkOperation] yes

BulkOperation

name type required
bulkId string no
method string yes
path string no
location string no
data object no
status string no
response object no

Patches#

PatchRequest

name type required
schemas array[string] yes
Operations array[PatchOperation] yes

PatchOperation

name type required
op string yes
path string no
value Object no

User

name type required
schemas array[string] yes
meta Meta no
id string no
externalId string no
userName string no
name Name no
displayName string no
nickName string no
profileUrl string no
title string no
userType string no
preferredLanguage string no
locale string no
timezone string no
active boolean no
password string no
emails array[Email] no
phoneNumbers array[PhoneNumber] no
ims array[Im] no
photos array[Photo] no
addresses array[Address] no
entitlements array[Entitlement] no
roles array[Role] no
x509Certificates array[X509Certificate] no
groups array[GroupRef] no

Name

name type required
formatted string no
familyName string no
givenName string no
middleName string no
honorificPrefix string no
honorificSuffix string no

Address

name type required
primary boolean no
formatted string no
streetAddress string no
locality string no
region string no
postalCode string no
country string no
type string no

Email

name type required
value string yes
display string no
primary boolean no
type string no

PhoneNumber

name type required
value string yes
display string no
primary boolean no
type string no

Entitlement

name type required
value string yes
display string no
primary boolean no
type string no

Photo

name type required
value string yes
display string no
primary boolean no
type string no

Role

name type required
value string yes
display string no
primary boolean no
type string no

Im

name type required
value string yes
display string no
primary boolean no
type string no

X509Certificate

name type required
value string yes
display string no
primary boolean no
type string no

GroupRef

name type required
value string yes
display string no
type string no
$ref string no

Group

schemas array[string] yes
meta Meta no
id string no
externalId string no
name type required
displayName string no
members array[MemberRef] no

MemberRef

name type required
value string yes
display string no
type string no
$ref string no

FidoDevice

name type required
schemas array[string] yes
meta Meta no
id string no
userId string no
creationDate string (date-time) no
application string no
counter string no
deviceData string no
deviceHashCode string no
deviceKeyHandle string no
deviceRegistrationConf string no
lastAccessTime string (date-time) no
status string no
displayName string no
description string no
nickname string no