OneLogin API
The OneLogin REST API enables programmatic management of users, roles, applications, and SSO configurations, supporting SCIM provisioning, SAML/OIDC app management, and MFA policy automation for enterprise identity workflows.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
OAuth 2.0 client credentials with scoped access tokens provide solid security. Client secrets should be rotated periodically; the API supports credential management. Webhook signatures enforce event authenticity.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
An agent needs to automate enterprise user lifecycle management, SSO application provisioning, or identity governance workflows in an organization using OneLogin as its identity provider.
Avoid When
Your organization uses a different IdP (Okta, Azure AD, Ping) and switching is not planned — integration cost outweighs benefits when an existing IdP API can serve the same purpose.
Use Cases
- • Provision and deprovision user accounts when HR system events are received, including role and group assignment
- • Retrieve a list of all users assigned to a specific application for an access review or audit export
- • Update user attributes (department, manager, custom fields) in bulk from an authoritative directory source
- • Enumerate all active SSO application assignments for a departing user and revoke access before account deactivation
- • Create or update SAML or OIDC application configurations when onboarding a new SaaS tool to the identity catalog
Not For
- • End-user authentication flows — OneLogin provides hosted login pages and SAML/OIDC endpoints, not a custom auth SDK for embedding in apps
- • Fine-grained authorization (RBAC/ABAC within applications) — OneLogin controls access to apps, not permissions within them
- • Replacing a full SIEM or audit log platform — event logs are available but OneLogin is not a security analytics tool
Interface
Authentication
Uses OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow. Agents must first obtain an access token using client_id and client_secret from a OneLogin API credential pair. Access tokens expire after 10 hours and must be refreshed. Scopes include 'read:users', 'manage:users', 'manage:apps', etc.
Pricing
Pricing is not publicly listed and requires contacting OneLogin sales for quotes on paid plans. API access is included with all paid plans.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Access tokens have a 10-hour TTL — long-running agents must implement proactive token refresh before expiry to avoid mid-operation 401 errors
- ⚠ OneLogin subdomain is required in all API URLs (https://{subdomain}.onelogin.com/api/2) — missing or wrong subdomain causes confusing DNS errors rather than auth errors
- ⚠ SCIM provisioning and the native REST API are separate interfaces with different data models — mixing them for the same user operation can cause sync conflicts
- ⚠ User status transitions (active → suspended → locked) have sequencing constraints — trying to activate a locked user requires unlocking first
- ⚠ Event webhooks use HMAC-SHA256 signatures that must be verified to prevent forged event injection; many integrations skip this step
Alternatives
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.