SOAP Service Methods

This is a reference documentation of the methods published by the PowerAuth Server SOAP service. It reflects the SOAP service methods as they are defined in the WSDL files:

The versioning of SOAP methods is described in chapter SOAP Method Compatibility.

The following v3 methods are published using the service:

System status

Methods used for getting the PowerAuth Server system status.

Method ‘getSystemStatus’

Get the server status information.

Request

GetSystemStatusRequest

  • no attributes

Response

GetSystemStatusResponse

Type Name Description
String status A constant value “OK”.
String applicationName A name of the application, the default value is powerauth. The value may be overriden by settingpowerauth.service.applicationName property.
String applicationDisplayName A human readable name of the application, default value is “PowerAuth Server”. The value may be overriden by setting powerauth.service.applicationDisplayName property.
String applicationEnvironment An identifier of the environment, by default, the value is empty. The value may be overriden by setting powerauth.service.applicationEnvironment property.
String version Version of PowerAuth server.
String buildTime Timestamp when the powerauth-server.war file was built.
DateTime timestamp A current system timestamp.

Method ‘getErrorCodeList’

Get the list of all error codes that PowerAuth Server can return.

Request

GetErrorCodeListRequest

Type Name Description
String language Language code (ISO).

Response

GetErrorCodeListResponse

Type Name Description
Error[] errors A collection of errors.

GetErrorCodeListResponse.Error

Type Name Description
String code A code of the error.
String value A localized message for the error code.

Application management

Methods related to the management of applications and application versions.

Method ‘getApplicationList’

Get list of all applications that are present in this PowerAuth Server instance.

Request

GetApplicationListRequest

  • no attributes

Response

GetApplicationListResponse

Type Name Description
Application[] applications A collection of application objects

GetApplicationListRequest.Application

Type Name Description
Long id An application ID
String applicationName Application name

Method ‘getApplicationDetail’

Get detail of application with given ID or name, including the list of versions.

Request

GetApplicationDetailRequest

Type Name Description
Long applicationId An identifier of an application (required if applicationName not specified)
String applicationName An application name (required if applicationId not specified)

Response

GetApplicationDetailResponse

Type Name Description
Long applicationId An identifier of an application
String applicationName An application name
String masterPublicKey Base64 encoded master public key
Version[] versions Collection of application versions

GetApplicationDetailResponse.Version

Type Name Description
Long applicationVersionId An identifier of an application version
String applicationVersionName An application version name, for example “1.0.3”
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String applicationSecret An application secret associated with this version
Boolean supported Flag indicating if this application is supported

Method ‘lookupApplicationByAppKey’

Find application using application key.

Request

LookupApplicationByAppKeyRequest

Type Name Description
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version

Response

LookupApplicationByAppKeyResponse

Type Name Description
Long applicationId An identifier of an application

Method ‘createApplication’

Create a new application with given name.

Request

CreateApplicationRequest

Type Name Description
String applicationName An application name

Response

CreateApplicationResponse

Type Name Description
Long applicationId An identifier of an application
String applicationName An application name

Method ‘createApplicationVersion’

Create a new application version with given name for a specified application.

Request

CreateApplicationVersionRequest

Type Name Description
Long applicationId An identifier of an application
String applicationVersionName An application version name

Response

CreateApplicationVersionResponse

Type Name Description
Long applicationVersionId An identifier of an application version
String applicationVersionName An application version name
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String applicationSecret An application secret associated with this version
Boolean supported Flag indicating if this application is supported

Method ‘unsupportApplicationVersion’

Mark application version with given ID as “unsupported”. Signatures constructed using application key and application secret associated with this versions will be rejected as invalid.

Request

UnsupportApplicationVersionRequest

Type Name Description
Long applicationVersionId An identifier of an application version

Response

UnsupportApplicationVersionResponse

Type Name Description
Long applicationVersionId An identifier of an application version
Boolean supported Flag indicating if this application is supported

Method ‘supportApplicationVersion’

Mark application version with given ID as “supported”. Signatures constructed using application key and application secret associated with this versions will be evaluated the standard way.

Request

SupportApplicationVersionRequest

Type Name Description
Long applicationVersionId An identifier of an application version

Response

SupportApplicationVersionResponse

Type Name Description
Long applicationVersionId An identifier of an application version
Boolean supported Flag indicating if this application is supported

Activation management

Methods related to activation management.

Method ‘initActivation’

Create (initialize) a new activation for given user and application. If both activationOtpValidation and activationOtp optional parameters are set, then the same value of activation OTP must be later provided for the confirmation.

After calling this method, a new activation record is created in CREATED state.

Request

InitActivationRequest

Type Name Description
String userId An identifier of a user
Long applicationId An identifier of an application
DateTime timestampActivationExpire Timestamp after when the activation cannot be completed anymore
Long maxFailureCount How many failures are allowed for this activation
ActivationOtpValidation activationOtpValidation Optional activation OTP validation mode
String activationOtp Optional activation OTP

Response

InitActivationResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation
String activationCode Activation code which uses 4x5 characters in Base32 encoding separated by a “-“ character
String activationSignature A signature of the activation data using Master Server Private Key
String userId An identifier of a user
Long applicationId An identifier of an application

Method ‘prepareActivation’

Assure a key exchange between PowerAuth Client and PowerAuth Server and prepare the activation with given ID to be committed. Only activations in CREATED state can be prepared.

If optional activationOtp value is present in ECIES payload, then the value must match the OTP stored in activation’s record and OTP validation mode must be ON_KEY_EXCHANGE.

After successfully calling this method, activation is in PENDING_COMMIT or ACTIVE state, depending on the presence of an activation OTP in ECIES payload:

Situation State after prepareActivation
OTP is not required and is not provided PENDING_COMMIT
OTP is required and is valid ACTIVE
OTP is required, but is not valid CREATED
OTP is required, but is not valid, no attempts left REMOVED

Request

PrepareActivationRequest

Type Name Description
String activationCode Activation code which uses 4x5 characters in Base32 encoding separated by a “-“ character
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String ephemeralPublicKey A base64 encoded ephemeral public key for ECIES
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES
String nonce Base64 encoded nonce for IV derivation for ECIES

ECIES request should contain following data (as JSON):

  • activationName - Visual representation of the device, for example “Johnny’s iPhone” or “Samsung Galaxy S”.
  • devicePublicKey - Represents a public key KEY_DEVICE_PUBLIC (base64-encoded).
  • extras - Any client side attributes associated with this activation, like a more detailed information about the client, etc.
  • platform - User device platform, e.g. ios, android, hw and unknown.
  • deviceInfo - Information about user device, e.g. iPhone12,3.
  • activationOtp - Optional activation OTP for confirmation. The value must be provided in case that activation was initialized with ActivationOtpValidation set to ON_KEY_EXCHANGE.

Response

PrepareActivationResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation
String userId User ID
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES
ActivationStatus activationStatus An activation status

ECIES response contains following data (as JSON):

  • activationId - Represents a long ACTIVATION_ID that uniquely identifies given activation records.
  • serverPublicKey - Public key KEY_SERVER_PUBLIC of the server (base64-encoded).
  • ctrData - Initial value for hash-based counter (base64-encoded).
  • activationRecovery - Information about activation recovery which is sent only in case activation recovery is enabled.
    • recoveryCode - Recovery code which uses 4x5 characters in Base32 encoding separated by a “-“ character.
    • puk - Recovery PUK with unique PUK used as secret for the recovery code.

Method ‘createActivation’

Create an activation for given user and application, with provided maximum number of failed attempts and expiration timestamp, including a key exchange between PowerAuth Client and PowerAuth Server. Prepare the activation to be committed later.

If optional activationOtp value is set, then the activation’s OTP validation mode is set to ON_COMMIT. The same OTP value must be later provided in CommitActivation method, to complete the activation.

After successfully calling this method, activation is in PENDING_COMMIT state.

Request

CreateActivationRequest

Type Name Description
String userId User ID
DateTime timestampActivationExpire Timestamp after when the activation cannot be completed anymore
Long maxFailureCount How many failures are allowed for this activation
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String ephemeralPublicKey A base64 encoded ephemeral public key for ECIES
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES
String nonce Base64 encoded nonce for IV derivation for ECIES
String activationOtp Optional activation OTP

ECIES request should contain following data (as JSON):

  • activationName - Visual representation of the device, for example “Johnny’s iPhone” or “Samsung Galaxy S”.
  • devicePublicKey - Represents a public key KEY_DEVICE_PUBLIC (base64-encoded).
  • extras - Any client side attributes associated with this activation, like a more detailed information about the client, etc.
  • platform - User device platform, e.g. ios, android, hw and unknown.
  • deviceInfo - Information about user device, e.g. iPhone12,3.

Response

CreateActivationResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES

ECIES response contains following data (as JSON):

  • activationId - Represents a long ACTIVATION_ID that uniquely identifies given activation records.
  • serverPublicKey - Public key KEY_SERVER_PUBLIC of the server (base64-encoded).
  • ctrData - Initial value for hash-based counter (base64-encoded).
  • activationRecovery - - activationRecovery - Information about activation recovery which is sent only in case activation recovery is enabled.
    • recoveryCode - Recovery code which uses 4x5 characters in Base32 encoding separated by a “-“ character.
    • puk - Recovery PUK with unique PUK used as secret for the recovery code.

Method ‘updateActivationOtp’

Update activation OTP for activation with given ID. Only non-expired activations in PENDING_COMMIT state, with OTP validation set to NONE or ON_COMMIT, can be altered.

After successful, activation OTP is updated and the OTP validation is set to ON_COMMIT.

Request

UpdateActivationOtpRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String externalUserId User ID of user who changes the activation. Use null value if activation owner caused the change.
String activationOtp A new value of activation OTP

Response

UpdateActivationOtpResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
boolean updated Flag indicating that OTP has been updated

Method ‘commitActivation’

Commit activation with given ID. Only non-expired activations in PENDING_COMMIT state can be committed.

If optional activationOtp value is set, then the value must match the OTP stored in activation’s record and OTP validation mode must be ON_COMMIT.

After successful commit, activation is in ACTIVE state.

Request

CommitActivationRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String externalUserId User ID of user who committed the activation. Use null value if activation owner caused the change.
String activationOtp An optional activation OTP for confirmation.

Response

CommitActivationResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
Boolean activated Flag indicating if the activation was committed

Method ‘getActivationStatus’

Get status information and all important details for activation with given ID.

Request

GetActivationStatusRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation

Response

GetActivationStatusResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
ActivationStatus activationStatus An activation status
ActivationOtpValidation activationOtpValidation An activation OTP validation mode
String blockedReason Reason why activation was blocked (default: NOT_SPECIFIED)
String activationName An activation name
String userId An identifier of a user
String extras Any custom attributes
Long applicationId An identifier fo an application
DateTime timestampCreated A timestamp when the activation was created
DateTime timestampLastUsed A timestamp when the activation was last used
DateTime timestampLastChange A timestamp of last activation status change
String encryptedStatusBlob An encrypted blob with status information
String activationCode Activation code which uses 4x5 characters in Base32 encoding separated by a “-“ character
String activationSignature A signature of the activation data using Master Server Private Key
String devicePublicKeyFingerprint Numeric fingerprint of device public key, used during activation for key verification
Long version Activation version

Method ‘removeActivation’

Remove activation with given ID. This operation is irreversible. Activations can be removed in any state. After successfully calling this method, activation is in REMOVED state.

Request

RemoveActivationRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String externalUserId User ID of user who removed the activation. Use null value if activation owner caused the change.
Boolean revokeRecoveryCodes An optional flag that indicates if recovery codes, that were created in the scope of the removed activation, should be also revoked.

Response

RemoveActivationResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
Boolean removed Flag indicating if the activation was removed

Method ‘getActivationListForUser’

Get the list of all activations for given user and application ID. If no application ID is provided, return list of all activations for given user.

Request

GetActivationListForUserRequest

Type Name Description
String userId An identifier of a user
Long applicationId An identifier of an application

Response

GetActivationListForUserResponse

Type Name Description
String userId An identifier of a user
Activation[] activations A collection of activations for given user

GetActivationListForUserResponse.Activation

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
ActivationStatus activationStatus An activation status
String blockedReason Reason why activation was blocked (default: NOT_SPECIFIED)
String activationName An activation name
String extras Any custom attributes
DateTime timestampCreated A timestamp when the activation was created
DateTime timestampLastUsed A timestamp when the activation was last used
DateTime timestampLastChange A timestamp of last activation status change
String userId An identifier of a user
Long applicationId An identifier fo an application
String applicationName An application name
Long version Activation version

Method ‘blockActivation’

Block activation with given ID. Activations can be blocked in ACTIVE state only. After successfully calling this method, activation is in BLOCKED state.

Request

BlockActivationRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String reason Reason why activation is being blocked (default: NOT_SPECIFIED)
String externalUserId User ID of user who blocked the activation. Use null value if activation owner caused the change.

Response

BlockActivationResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
ActivationStatus activationStatus An activation status
String blockedReason Reason why activation was blocked (default: NOT_SPECIFIED)

Method ‘unblockActivation’

Unblock activation with given ID. Activations can be unblocked in BLOCKED state only. After successfully calling this method, activation is in ACTIVE state and failed attempt counter is set to 0.

Request

UnblockActivationRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String externalUserId User ID of user who unblocked the activation. Use null value if activation owner caused the change.

Response

UnblockActivationResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
ActivationStatus activationStatus An activation status

Method ‘lookupActivations’

Lookup activations using query parameters.

Request

LookupActivationsRequest

Type Name Description
String userIds User IDs to use in query, at least one user ID needs to be specified
String applicationIds Application IDs to use in the query, do not specify value for all applications
String timestampLastUsedBefore Filter activations by timestamp when the activation was last used (timestampLastUsed < timestampLastUsedBefore), if not specified, a current timestamp is used
String timestampLastUsedAfter Filter activations by timestamp when the activation was last used (timestampLastUsed >= timestampLastUsedAfter), if not specified, the epoch start is used
String activationStatus Filter activations by their status, do not specify value for any status

Response

LookupActivationsResponse

Activation[] activations A collection of activations for given query parameters

LookupActivationsResponse.Activation

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
ActivationStatus activationStatus An activation status
String blockedReason Reason why activation was blocked (default: NOT_SPECIFIED)
String activationName An activation name
String extras Any custom attributes
DateTime timestampCreated A timestamp when the activation was created
DateTime timestampLastUsed A timestamp when the activation was last used
DateTime timestampLastChange A timestamp of last activation status change
String userId An identifier of a user
Long applicationId An identifier fo an application
String applicationName An application name
Long version Activation version

Method ‘updateStatusForActivations’

Update status for activations identified using their identifiers.

Request

UpdateStatusForActivationsRequest

Type Name Description
String[] activationIds Identifiers of activations whose status needs to be updated
ActivationStatus activationStatus Activation status to use when updating the activations

Response

UpdateStatusForActivationsResponse

Type Name Description
boolean updated Whether status update succeeded for all provided activations, either all activation statuses are updated or none of the statuses is updated in case of an error

Signature verification

Methods related to signature verification.

Method ‘verifySignature’

Verify signature correctness for given activation, application key, data and signature type.

Request

VerifySignatureRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String data Base64 encoded data for the signature
String signature PowerAuth signature
SignatureType signatureType PowerAuth signature type
Long forcedSignatureVersion Forced signature version used during activation upgrade

Response

VerifySignatureResponse

Type Name Description
Boolean signatureValid Indicates if the signature was correctly validated or if it was invalid (incorrect)
ActivationStatus activationStatus An activation status
String blockedReason Reason why activation was blocked (default: NOT_SPECIFIED)
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String userId An identifier of a user
Long applicationId An identifier of the application
SignatureType signatureType Type of the signature that was used for the computation of the signature.
Integer remainingAttempts How many attempts are left for authentication using this activation

Method ‘verifyECDSASignature’

Verify asymmetric ECDSA signature correctness for given activation and data.

Request

VerifyECDSASignatureRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String data Base64 encoded data for the signature
String signature Base64 encoded ECDSA signature

Response

VerifyECDSASignatureResponse

Type Name Description
Boolean signatureValid Indicates if the ECDSA signature was correctly validated or if it was invalid (incorrect)

Method ‘createPersonalizedOfflineSignaturePayload’

Create a data payload used as a challenge for personalized off-line signatures.

Request

CreatePersonalizedOfflineSignaturePayloadRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String data Data for the signature, for normalized value see the Offline Signatures QR code documentation

Response

CreatePersonalizedOfflineSignaturePayloadResponse

Type Name Description
String offlineData Data for QR code in format: {DATA}\n{NONCE}\n{KEY_SERVER_PRIVATE_INDICATOR}{ECDSA_SIGNATURE}
String nonce Random cryptographic nonce, 16B encoded in Base64, same nonce as in offlineData (available separately for easy access)

Method ‘createNonPersonalizedOfflineSignaturePayload’

Create a data payload used as a challenge for non-personalized off-line signatures.

Request

CreateNonPersonalizedOfflineSignaturePayloadRequest

Type Name Description
String applicationId An identifier of an application
String data Data for the signature, for normalized value see the Offline Signatures QR code documentation

Response

CreateNonPersonalizedOfflineSignaturePayloadResponse

Type Name Description
String offlineData Data for QR code in format: {DATA}\n{NONCE}\n{KEY_MASTER_SERVER_PRIVATE_INDICATOR}{ECDSA_SIGNATURE}
String nonce Random cryptographic nonce, 16B encoded in Base64, same nonce as in offlineData (available separately for easy access)

Method ‘verifyOfflineSignature’

Verify off-line signature of provided data.

Request

VerifyOfflineSignatureRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String data Base64 encoded data for the signature, normalized data for signatures
String signature Actual signature value
boolean biometryAllowed Whether biometry is allowed in offline mode

Response

VerifyOfflineSignatureResponse

Type Name Description
Boolean signatureValid Indicates if the signature was correctly validated or if it was invalid (incorrect)
ActivationStatus activationStatus An activation status
String blockedReason Reason why activation was blocked (default: NOT_SPECIFIED)
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String userId An identifier of a user
Long applicationId An identifier of the application
SignatureType signatureType Type of the signature that was used for the computation of the signature.
Integer remainingAttempts How many attempts are left for authentication using this activation

Token Based Authentication

Method ‘createToken’

Create a new token for the simple token-based authentication.

Request

CreateTokenRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation.
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String ephemeralPublicKey A base64 encoded ephemeral public key for ECIES
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES
String nonce Base64 encoded nonce for IV derivation for ECIES
SignatureType signatureType Type of the signature (factors) used for token creation.

ECIES request should contain following data (an empty JSON object):

{}

Response

CreateTokenResponse

Type Name Description
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES

ECIES response contains following data (example):

{
   "tokenId": "d6561669-34d6-4fee-8913-89477687a5cb",  
   "tokenSecret": "VqAXEhziiT27lxoqREjtcQ=="
}

Method ‘validateToken’

Validate token digest used for the simple token-based authentication.

Request

ValidateTokenRequest

Type Name Description
String tokenId An identifier of the token.
String tokenDigest Digest computed during the token based authentication.
String nonce Cryptographic nonce. Random 16B, Base64 encoded.
Long timestamp Token digest timestamp, Unix timestamp format.

Response

ValidateTokenResponse

Type Name Description
Boolean tokenValid Information about the validation result - if true, token digest was valid.
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String userId An identifier of a user
Long applicationId An identifier of the application
SignatureType signatureType Type of the signature that was used for the computation of the signature.

Method ‘removeToken’

Remove token with given ID.

Request

RemoveTokenRequest

Type Name Description
String tokenId An identifier of the token.

Response

RemoveTokenResponse

Type Name Description
Boolean removed True in case token was removed, false in case token with given ID was already not present.

Vault unlocking

Methods related to secure vault.

Method ‘vaultUnlock’

Get the encrypted vault unlock key upon successful authentication using PowerAuth Signature.

Request

VaultUnlockRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String signedData Base64 encoded data for the signature
String signature PowerAuth signature
SignatureType signatureType PowerAuth signature type
String ephemeralPublicKey A base64 encoded ephemeral public key for ECIES
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES
String nonce Base64 encoded nonce for IV derivation for ECIES

ECIES request should contain following data:

{
    "reason": "..."
}

You can provide following reasons for a vault unlocking:

  • ADD_BIOMETRY - call was used to enable biometric authentication.
  • FETCH_ENCRYPTION_KEY - call was used to fetch a generic data encryption key.
  • SIGN_WITH_DEVICE_PRIVATE_KEY - call was used to unlock device private key used for ECDSA signatures.
  • NOT_SPECIFIED - no reason was specified.

Response

VaultUnlockResponse

Type Name Description
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES
Boolean signatureValid Indicates if the signature was correctly validated or if it was invalid (incorrect)

ECIES response contains following data (example):

{
    "activationId": "c564e700-7e86-4a87-b6c8-a5a0cc89683f",
    "encryptedVaultEncryptionKey": "QNESF9QVUJMSUNfS0VZX3JhbmRvbQ=="
}

Signature audit

Methods related to signature auditing.

Method ‘getSignatureAuditLog’

Get the signature audit log for given user, application and date range. In case no application ID is provided, event log for all applications is returned.

Request

SignatureAuditRequest

Type Name Description
String userId An identifier of a user
Long applicationId An identifier of an application
DateTime timestampFrom Timestamp from which to fetch the log
DateTime timestampTo Timestamp to which to fetch the log

Response

SignatureAuditResponse

Type Name Description
Item[] items Collection of signature audit logs

SignatureAuditResponse.Item

Type Name Description
Long id Record ID
String userId An identifier of a user
Long applicationId An identifier of an application
String activationId An identifier of an activation
Long activationCounter A counter value at the moment of a signature verification
String activationCtrData Base64 encoded hash based counter data
ActivationStatus activationStatus An activation status at the moment of a signature verification
KeyValueMap additionalInfo Key-value map with additional information
String dataBase64 A base64 encoded data sent with the signature
String signatureVersion Requested signature version
SignatureType signatureType Requested signature type
String signature Submitted value of a signature
String note Extra info about the result of the signature verification
Boolean valid Flag indicating if the provided signature was valid
DateTime timestampCreated Timestamp when the record was created

Activation history

Get activation status change log.

Method ‘getActivationHistory’

Get the status change log for given activation and date range.

Request

ActivationHistoryRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId Activation ID
DateTime timestampFrom Timestamp from which to fetch the changes
DateTime timestampTo Timestamp to which to fetch the changes

Response

ActivationHistoryResponse

Type Name Description
Item[] items Collection of activation change logs

ActivationHistoryResponse.Item

Type Name Description
Long id Change ID
String activationId An identifier of an activation
ActivationStatus activationStatus An activation status at the moment of a signature verification
String eventReason Reason why this activation history record was created (default: null)
String externalUserId User ID of user who modified the activation. Null value is used if activation owner caused the change.
DateTime timestampCreated Timestamp when the record was created

Integration management

Methods used for managing integration credentials for PowerAuth Server.

Method ‘createIntegration’

Create a new integration with given name, automatically generate credentials for the integration.

Request

CreateIntegrationRequest

Type Name Description
String name New integration name.

Response

CreateIntegrationResponse

Type Name Description
String id Integration identifier (UUID4).
String name A name of the integration.
String clientToken An integration client token (serves as a “username”).
String clientSecret An integration client secret (serves as a “password”).

Method ‘getIntegrationList’

Get the list of all integrations that are configured on the server instance.

Request

GetIntegrationListRequest

  • no attributes

Response

GetIntegrationListResponse

Type Name Description
Item[] items Collection of integration records.

GetIntegrationListResponse.Item

Type Name Description
String id Integration identifier (UUID4).
String name A name of the integration.
String clientToken An integration client token (serves as a “username”).
String clientSecret An integration client secret (serves as a “password”).

Method ‘removeIntegration’

Remove integration with given ID.

Request

RemoveIntegrationRequest

Type Name Description
String id ID of an integration to be removed.

Response

RemoveIntegrationResponse

Type Name Description
String id ID of an integration to be removed.
Boolean removed Flag specifying if an integration was removed or not.

Method ‘createCallbackUrl’

Creates a callback URL with given parameters.

Request

CreateCallbackUrlRequest

Type Name Description
Long applicationId Associated application ID.
String name Callback URL name, for visual identification.
String callbackUrl Callback URL that should be notified about activation status updates.

Response

CreateCallbackUrlResponse

Type Name Description
String id Callback URL identifier (UUID4).
Long applicationId Associated application ID.
String name Callback URL name, for visual identification.
String callbackUrl Callback URL that should be notified about activation status updates.

Method ‘getCallbackUrlList’

Get the list of all callbacks for given application.

Request

GetCallbackUrlListRequest

Type Name Description
Long applicationId Application ID for which to fetch callback URLs.

Response

GetCallbackUrlListResponse

Type Name Description
CallbackUrlList[] callbackUrlList Callback URL list.

GetCallbackUrlListResponse.CallbackUrlList

Type Name Description
String id Callback URL identifier (UUID4).
Long applicationId Associated application ID.
String name Callback URL name, for visual identification.
String callbackUrl Callback URL that should be notified about activation status updates.

Method ‘removeCallbackUrl’

Remove callback URL with given ID.

Request

RemoveCallbackUrlRequest

Type Name Description
String id ID of an callback URL to be removed.

Response

RemoveCallbackUrlResponse

Type Name Description
String id ID of an callback URL to be removed.
Boolean removed Flag specifying if a callback URL was removed or not.

End-To-End Encryption

Method ‘getEciesDecryptor’

Get ECIES decryptor data for request/response decryption on intermediate server.

Request

GetEciesDecryptorRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation (used only in activation scope, use null value in application scope)
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String ephemeralPublicKey A base64 encoded ephemeral public key for ECIES

Response

GetEciesDecryptorResponse

Type Name Description
String secretKey Base64 encoded secret key for ECIES
String sharedInfo2 The sharedInfo2 parameter for ECIES

Activation versioning

Method ‘startUpgrade’

Upgrade activation to the most recent version supported by the server.

Request

StartUpgradeRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation (used only in activation scope, use null value in application scope)
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String ephemeralPublicKey A base64 encoded ephemeral public key for ECIES
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES
String nonce Base64 encoded nonce for IV derivation for ECIES

Response

StartUpgradeResponse

Type Name Description
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES

Method ‘commitUpgrade’

Commint activation upgrade.

Request

CommitUpgradeRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation (used only in activation scope, use null value in application scope)
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version

Response

CommitUpgradeResponse

Type Name Description
Boolean committed Flag specifying if activation upgrade was committed

Activation recovery

Method ‘createRecoveryCode’

Create a recovery code for user.

Request

CreateRecoveryCodeRequest

Type Name Description
String applicationId An identifier of an application
String userId An identifier of a user
Long pukCount Number of PUKs to generate

Response

CreateRecoveryCodeResponse

Type Name Description
String nonce A base64 encoded nonce used when generating recovery code
String userId An identifier of a user
Long recoveryCodeId Recovery code entity identifier
String recoveryCodeMasked Recovery code with partial masking to avoid leaking recovery code
RecoveryCodeStatus status Recovery code status
Puk[] puks Recovery code PUKs

CreateRecoveryCodeResponse.Puk

Type Name Description
Long pukIndex Index of the PUK, counting starts by 1
Long pukDerivationIndex Derivation index used when generating PUK
RecoveryPukStatus status Recovery PUK status

Method confirmRecoveryCode

Confirm a recovery code recieved using recovery postcard.

Request

ConfirmRecoveryCodeRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String ephemeralPublicKey Base64 encoded ephemeral public key for ECIES
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES
String nonce Base64 encoded nonce for IV derivation for ECIES

ECIES request should contain following data (as JSON):

  • recoveryCode - Recovery code which should be confirmed in this request.

Response

ConfirmRecoveryCodeResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation
String userId An identifier of a user
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES

ECIES response contains following data (as JSON):

  • alreadyConfirmed - Boolean flag which describes whether recovery code was already confirmed before this request.

Method lookupRecoveryCodes

Lookup recovery codes.

Request

LookupRecoveryCodesRequest

Type Name Description
String userId An identifier of a user
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation
String applicationId An identifier of an application
RecoveryCodeStatus recoveryCodeStatus Recovery code status
RecoveryPukStatus recoveryPukStatus Recovery PUK status

Response

LookupRecoveryCodesResponse

Type Name Description
Long recoveryCodeId Recovery code entity identifiers
String recoveryCodeMasked Recovery code with partial masking to avoid leaking recovery code
String userId An identifier of a user
Long applicationId An identifier of an application
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation
RecoveryCodeStatus status Recovery code status
Puk[] puks Recovery code PUKs

LookupRecoveryCodesResponse.Puk

Type Name Description
Long pukIndex Index of the PUK, counting starts by 1
RecoveryPukStatus status Recovery PUK status

Method revokeRecoveryCodes

Revoke recovery codes.

Request

RevokeRecoveryCodesRequest

Type Name Description
Long[] recoveryCodeIds Recovery code entity identifiers

Response

RevokeRecoveryCodesResponse

Type Name Description
Boolean revoked True if at least one recovery code was revoked

Method recoveryCodeActivation

Create an activation using recovery code. After successfully calling this method, activation is in PENDING_COMMIT state.

If optional activationOtp value is set, then the activation’s OTP validation mode is set to ON_COMMIT. The same OTP value must be later provided in CommitActivation method, to complete the activation.

Request

RecoveryCodeActivationRequest

Type Name Description
String recoveryCode Recovery code
String puk Recovery PUK
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
Long maxFailureCount Maximum number of failures when using the recovery code
String ephemeralPublicKey Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES
String nonce Base64 encoded nonce for IV derivation for ECIES
String activationOtp Optional activation OTP

ECIES request should contain following data (as JSON):

  • activationName - Visual representation of the device, for example “Johnny’s iPhone” or “Samsung Galaxy S”.
  • devicePublicKey - Represents a public key KEY_DEVICE_PUBLIC (base64-encoded).
  • extras - Any client side attributes associated with this activation, like a more detailed information about the client, etc.
  • platform - User device platform, e.g. ios, android, hw and unknown.
  • deviceInfo - Information about user device, e.g. iPhone12,3.

Response

RevokeRecoveryCodesResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation
String userId An identifier of a user
String encryptedData Base64 encoded encrypted data for ECIES
String mac Base64 encoded mac of key and data for ECIES

ECIES response contains following data (as JSON):

  • activationId - Represents a long ACTIVATION_ID that uniquely identifies given activation records.
  • serverPublicKey - Public key KEY_SERVER_PUBLIC of the server (base64-encoded).
  • ctrData - Initial value for hash-based counter (base64-encoded).
  • activationRecovery - Information about activation recovery.
    • recoveryCode - Recovery code which uses 4x5 characters in Base32 encoding separated by a “-“ character.
    • puk - Recovery PUK with unique PUK used as secret for the recovery code.

In case the PUK is invalid and there are still valid PUKs left to try, the error response contains the currentRecoveryPukIndex value in the SOAP fault detail. This value contains information about which PUK should the user re-write next.

Method getRecoveryConfig

Get configuration of activation recovery.

Request

GetRecoveryConfigRequest

Type Name Description
Long applicationId An identifier of an application

Response

GetRecoveryConfigResponse

Type Name Description
Long applicationId An identifier of an application
Boolean activationRecoveryEnabled Whether activation recovery is enabled
Boolean recoveryPostcardEnabled Whether recovery postcard is enabled
Boolean allowMultipleRecoveryCodes Whether multiple recovery codes per user are allowed
String postcardPublicKey Base64 encoded recovery postcard public key for PowerAuth server
String remotePostcardPublicKey Base64 encoded recovery postcard public key for recovery postcard printing center

Method updateRecoveryConfig

Update configuration of activation recovery.

Request

UpdateRecoveryConfigRequest

Type Name Description
Long applicationId An identifier of an application
Boolean activationRecoveryEnabled Whether activation recovery is enabled
Boolean recoveryPostcardEnabled Whether recovery postcard is enabled
Boolean allowMultipleRecoveryCodes Whether multiple recovery codes per user are allowed
String remotePostcardPublicKey Base64 encoded recovery postcard public key

Response

UpdateRecoveryConfigResponse

Type Name Description
Boolean updated Whether recovery configuration was updated

Activation management (v2)

Method ‘prepareActivation’ (v2)

Assure a key exchange between PowerAuth Client and PowerAuth Server and prepare the activation with given ID to be committed. Only activations in CREATED state can be prepared. After successfully calling this method, activation is in PENDING_COMMIT state.

Request

PrepareActivationRequest

Type Name Description
String activationIdShort A short (5+5 characters from Base32) identifier of an activation
String activationName A visual identifier of the activation
String extras Any extra parameter object
String activationNonce A base64 encoded activation nonce
String ephemeralPublicKey A base64 encoded ephemeral public key for ECIES
String encryptedDevicePublicKey A base64 encoded encrypted device public key
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String applicationSignature An application signature

Response

PrepareActivationResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation
String activationNonce A base64 encoded activation nonce
String ephemeralPublicKey A base64 encoded ephemeral public key for ECIES
String encryptedServerPublicKey A base64 encoded encrypted server public key
String encryptedServerPublicKeySignature A base64 encoded signature of the activation data using Master Server Private Key

Method ‘createActivation’ (v2)

Create an activation for given user and application, with provided maximum number of failed attempts and expiration timestamp, including a key exchange between PowerAuth Client and PowerAuth Server. Prepare the activation to be committed later. After successfully calling this method, activation is in PENDING_COMMIT state.

Request

CreateActivationRequest

Type Name Description
String userId User ID
Long applicationId Application ID
DateTime timestampActivationExpire Timestamp after when the activation cannot be completed anymore
Long maxFailureCount How many failures are allowed for this activation
String identity An identity identifier string for this activation
String activationName A visual identifier of the activation
String extras Any extra parameter object
String activationNonce A base64 encoded activation nonce
String ephemeralPublicKey A base64 encoded ephemeral public key for ECIES
String encryptedDevicePublicKey A base64 encoded encrypted device public key
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String applicationSignature An application signature

Response

CreateActivationResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An UUID4 identifier of an activation
String activationNonce A base64 encoded activation nonce
String ephemeralPublicKey A base64 encoded ephemeral public key for ECIES
String encryptedServerPublicKey A base64 encoded encrypted server public key
String encryptedServerPublicKeySignature A base64 encoded signature of the activation data using Master Server Private Key

Token Based Authentication (v2)

Method ‘createToken’ (v2)

Create a new token for the simple token-based authentication.

Request

CreateTokenRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation.
SignatureType signatureType Type of the signature (factors) used for token creation.
String ephemeralPublicKey A base64 encoded ephemeral public key for ECIES

Response

CreateTokenResponse

Type Name Description
String mac Data MAC value, Base64 encoded.
String encryptedData Encrypted data, Base64 encoded bytes.

Vault unlocking (v2)

Method ‘vaultUnlock’ (v2)

Get the encrypted vault unlock key upon successful authentication using PowerAuth Signature.

Request

VaultUnlockRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String data Base64 encoded data for the signature
String signature PowerAuth signature
SignatureType signatureType PowerAuth signature type
String reason Reason why vault is being unlocked (default: NOT_SPECIFIED)

Response

VaultUnlockResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId An identifier of an activation
String userId An identifier of a user
ActivationStatus activationStatus An activation status
String blockedReason Reason why activation was blocked (default: NOT_SPECIFIED)
Integer remainingAttempts How many attempts are left for authentication using this activation
Boolean signatureValid Indicates if the signature was correctly validated or if it was invalid (incorrect)
String encryptedVaultEncryptionKey Encrypted key for vault unlocking

End-To-End Encryption (v2)

Methods used for establishing a context for end-to-end encryption.

Method ‘getNonPersonalizedEncryptionKey’ (v2)

Establishes a context required for performing a non-personalized (application specific) end-to-end encryption.

Request

GetNonPersonalizedEncryptionKeyRequest

Type Name Description
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
String sessionIndex Random session index used to generate session based key, in case null is provided, encryptionKeyIndex will be autogenerated in response.
String ephemeralPublicKey Ephemeral public key used for deriving a shared secret.

Response

GetNonPersonalizedEncryptionKeyResponse

Type Name Description
String applicationKey A key (identifier) of an application, associated with given application version
Long applicationId Application ID associated with provided version
String encryptionKeyIndex Session index used to generate session based key.
String encryptionKey Derived key used as a base for ad-hoc key derivation.
String ephemeralPublicKey Ephemeral public key used for deriving a shared secret.

Method ‘getPersonalizedEncryptionKey’ (v2)

Establishes a context required for performing a personalized (activation specific) end-to-end encryption.

Request

GetPersonalizedEncryptionKeyRequest

Type Name Description
String activationId Activation ID
String sessionIndex Random session index used to generate session based key, in case null is provided, encryptionKeyIndex will be autogenerated in response.

Response

GetPersonalizedEncryptionKeyResponse

Type Name Description
String activationId Activation ID
String encryptionKeyIndex Session index used to generate session based key.
String encryptionKey Derived key used as a base for ad-hoc key derivation.

Used enums

This chapter lists all enums used by PowerAuth Server SOAP service.

  • ActivationStatus - Represents the status of activation, one of the following values:
    • CREATED
    • PENDING_COMMIT
    • ACTIVE
    • BLOCKED
    • REMOVED
  • ActivationOtpValidation - Represents mode of validation of additional OTP:
    • NONE
    • ON_KEY_EXCHANGE
    • ON_COMMIT
  • SignatureType - Represents the type of the signature, one of the following values:
    • POSSESSION
    • KNOWLEDGE
    • BIOMETRY
    • POSSESSION_KNOWLEDGE
    • POSSESSION_BIOMETRY
    • POSSESSION_KNOWLEDGE_BIOMETRY
  • RecoveryCodeStatus - Represent status of the recovery code, one of the following values:
    • CREATED
    • ACTIVE
    • BLOCKED
    • REVOKED
  • RecoveryPukStatus - Represents status of the recovery PUK, one of the following values:
    • VALID
    • USED
    • INVALID

Used complex types

This chapter lists complex types used by PowerAuth Server SOAP service.

  • KeyValueMap - Represents a map for storing key-value entries:
    • entry - list of entries (0..n)
      • key - String-based key
      • value - String-based value
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