API Permission Levels

There are three main permission levels with API functions in ARDI, shown in order of lowest to highest security…

• Public
• Guest
• Admin

Public access functions are available to everyone without any form of authentication.

The main two public functions are Auth and Connect.

Guest indicates that the user is authenticated as a read-access user. If guest mode is active on your server, this can include any client, since all users are read-only users without authentication being required.

If guest mode is not active, all API users will have to authenticate using the Auth endpoint before accessing any non-public functions.

Admin access functions are only available to administrators - users with write permission into the ARDI database.