generated: '2026-08-06'
method: searched
source:
- openapi/plansource-admin-api-openapi-original.json
- https://api.plansource.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
- https://developer.plansource.com/docs/saml-20-sso-implementation
- https://developer.plansource.com/docs/utilize-postman
docs: https://developer.plansource.com/v2.0/reference
summary:
  types:
  - oauth2
  - apiKey
  - openIdConnect
  - saml2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
  - authorizationCode
  note: 'Two distinct auth surfaces: machine-to-machine for the Admin API (client credentials / header
    pair), and end-user SSO for the employee and admin portals (OIDC authorization code, or SAML 2.0).'
schemes:
- name: clientSecretJwt
  type: oauth2
  surface: Admin API
  preferred: true
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://api.plansource.com/oauth/v2/token
    partner_dev_tokenUrl: https://partner-dev-api.plansource.com/oauth/v2/token
    scopes: 1
  sources:
  - openapi/plansource-admin-api-openapi-original.json
- name: authString
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: AuthenticationString
  surface: Admin API
  note: Legacy scheme. Required together with the Signature header - the spec's second security requirement
    lists both, so neither header authenticates on its own.
  sources:
  - openapi/plansource-admin-api-openapi-original.json
- name: signature
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Signature
  surface: Admin API
  note: Request-signature companion to AuthenticationString.
  sources:
  - openapi/plansource-admin-api-openapi-original.json
- name: plansource-sso-oidc
  type: openIdConnect
  surface: end-user SSO
  discovery: https://api.plansource.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
  authorization_endpoint: https://api.plansource.com/sso/oauth2/authorize
  token_endpoint: https://api.plansource.com/sso/oauth2/token
  userinfo_endpoint: https://api.plansource.com/sso/oauth2/user_info
  token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported:
  - private_key_jwt
  id_token_signing_alg_values_supported:
  - RS256
  grant_types_supported:
  - code
  response_types_supported:
  - token id_token
  sources:
  - well-known/plansource-openid-configuration.json
  deviations:
  - issuer is ".plansource.com", not an https URL
  - jwks_uri holds an inline JWK object instead of a URI
  - claim_types_supported is a string, not an array
- name: plansource-sso-saml2
  type: saml2
  surface: end-user SSO
  docs: https://developer.plansource.com/docs/saml-20-sso-implementation
  note: SAMLResponse / RelayState / Cookie appear as explicit header parameters on the SSO operations
    in the spec.
  sources:
  - openapi/plansource-admin-api-openapi-original.json
  - https://developer.plansource.com/docs/saml-20-sso-implementation
credential_issuance:
  self_serve: false
  note: API credentials (lookup_code, plansource_admin, secret) are provisioned by PlanSource, not self-issued.
    Partners request them through their PlanSource administrator contact or dev.support@plansource.com.
  contact: dev.support@plansource.com
mcp:
  url: https://developer.plansource.com/mcp
  scheme: OAuth 2.0
  protected_resource_metadata: https://developer.plansource.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp
  authorization_servers:
  - https://dash.readme.com/oidc