Reference overview

Details on parameters, requests, and responses for Okta's API endpoints.

Okta APIs generally fall into one of two categories: signing in your users or managing resources in your Okta org.

Sign in your Users

API endpoints to authenticate your users, challenge for factors, recover passwords, and more.

• The Authentication Api controls user accesss to Okta.
• The OpenID Connect & OAuth 2.0 API controls users access to your applications.

Learn about which APIs to use.

Manage Okta objects

REST endpoints configure resources such as users, apps, sessions, and factors when needed.

For example, see the Users API for CRUD operations on users.