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[BACK-2165] [BACK-2164] [BACK-2163] Add app attestation and assertion api documentation. #58

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This adds attestation and assertion documentation. Attestation is the verifying an app is a valid instance of an iOS app and assertion is requesting a secret of some kind after attestation is verified.

I was debating whether to split this into its own reference/attestation.v1.yaml file or not as it's not technically auth I don't think but it is part of the auth service to avoid creating a new service, but decided for simplicity to define the routes in reference/auth.v1.yaml.

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title: Base64
type: string
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We could use the format value to indicate base64 encoding of the string type: https://swagger.io/docs/specification/data-models/data-types/ - but I like the explicit pattern

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We could use the format value to indicate base64 encoding of the string type: https://swagger.io/docs/specification/data-models/data-types/ - but I like the explicit pattern

I'm not against the explicit pattern at all, but I would like to see a $ref to his used in more places, so that I don't have to squint at the regexp in so many different places and try to double-check that there wasn't a cut and paste error made. :)

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LGTM!

This adds attestation and assertion documentation. Attestation is the verifying
an app is a valid instance of an iOS app and assertion is requesting a secret
of some kind after attestation is verified, in this case X.509 certificates
that can be used for client authentication.

Add response to successful assertion.
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Mostly looks good, just a typo or two.

Most of my suggestions can be taken or left.

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required:
- code
- reason
AppChallenge:
description: 'Challenge generated by server and which client should use in later operations.'
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Consider a re-wording?

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description: 'Challenge generated by server and which client should use in later operations.'
description: A server-generated challenge proving a client application's identity to Tidepool.

partner:
description: Code name of partner to retrieve certificate from.
type: string
minLength: 1
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If this is an enum, then minLength is not necessary, and can only confuse things, right? I suggest removing this.

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minLength: 1

type: object
properties:
challenge:
description: The previously returned assertion challenge.
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This is what a client receives after posting to /v1/(assertions|attestations)/challenges right?

The body of that call is a JSON object, but this property is defined as a string, so probably that means it's base64 encoded? If so, that should be called out here.

Or does the endpoint expect the original JSON object supplied, in which case this isn't a strong really at all, but rather an object as defined in ./auth/models/appchallenge.v1.yaml.

Or if it's a string, but not base64 encoded, well, that'd be bad, it should be base64 encoded, else you run into a lot of quote-escaping issues and things get really ugly.

$ref: './keyid.v1.yaml'
description: Base64 encoded key Id received from Apple App Attest API.
required:
- attestation
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- attestation
- assertion

Based on the filename and line 5 of this file, I assume this was a typo?

pattern: '^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{3}=)?$'
description: Base64 encoded data received from Apple App Attest API. User must base64 encode the binary data received from Apple.
challenge:
type: string
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See my comment on the challenge field of assertionverify.v1.yaml.

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title: New App Challenge
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nit: I wouldn't bother putting "new" in the filename or title... It isn't important, and can only confuse people (was there an older one?)

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keyId:
type: string
pattern: '^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{3}=)?$'
description: Base64 encoded key Id received from Apple App Attest API.
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keyId:
type: string
pattern: '^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{3}=)?$'
description: Base64 encoded key Id received from Apple App Attest API.
keyId:
$ref: './keyid.v1.yaml'

type: object
properties:
csr:
description: Base64 encoded certificate signing request.
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If the details matter... The Coastal request data indicates that it is "base64 encoded DER certificates".

Here, it says only "Base64 encoded"... Is it like Coastal, in that it's base64 DER, or rather, is it PEM (which is also base64 encoded, but with a slightly alternative structure).

Not a big deal to call it out, but you could save someone a bit of head scratching.

properties:
body:
type: string
description: PEM encoded certificate.
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In another comment, I mentioned a difference between "base64 encoded", "base64 encoded DER" and now it gets even weirder as we add "PEM" to mix.

So I urge you be consistent and exact in these terms to save people headaches later.

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We could use the format value to indicate base64 encoding of the string type: https://swagger.io/docs/specification/data-models/data-types/ - but I like the explicit pattern

I'm not against the explicit pattern at all, but I would like to see a $ref to his used in more places, so that I don't have to squint at the regexp in so many different places and try to double-check that there wasn't a cut and paste error made. :)

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