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Introduce a REST API endpoint for validating authentication tokens #11903

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opened 2025-12-29 21:51:21 +01:00 by adam · 0 comments
adam commented 2025-12-29 21:51:21 +01:00
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Originally created by @jeremystretch on GitHub (Dec 5, 2025).

Originally assigned to: @jeremystretch on GitHub.

NetBox version

v4.4.7

Feature type

New functionality

Proposed functionality

Introduce a new authenticated REST API endpoint (e.g. /api/auth-check/) that simply returns the user to whom the authentication credentials belong. A successfully authenticated request would return a serialized representation of the user. Failed authentication would return a 403 as with any other endpoint.

Use case

With the complete removal of API token plaintext retrieval in NetBox v4.5 (per #20492), there is no longer any means for an administrator to query for a user given a token plaintext (perhaps captured in the course of troubleshooting). This endpoint provides that functionality.

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Originally created by @jeremystretch on GitHub (Dec 5, 2025). Originally assigned to: @jeremystretch on GitHub. ### NetBox version v4.4.7 ### Feature type New functionality ### Proposed functionality Introduce a new authenticated REST API endpoint (e.g. `/api/auth-check/`) that simply returns the user to whom the authentication credentials belong. A successfully authenticated request would return a serialized representation of the user. Failed authentication would return a 403 as with any other endpoint. ### Use case With the complete removal of API token plaintext retrieval in NetBox v4.5 (per #20492), there is no longer any means for an administrator to query for a user given a token plaintext (perhaps captured in the course of troubleshooting). This endpoint provides that functionality. ### Database changes N/A ### External dependencies N/A
adam added the status: acceptedtype: featurenetboxcomplexity: low labels 2025-12-29 21:51:21 +01:00
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