Get the authentication status

Add MCP server to your AI tool

Allow AI tools and LLMs to interact with the API documentation portal through MCP.

MCP server URL


        
          
            https://api-docs.kitsu.cloud/mcp

Standard setup for AI tools providing an mcp.json file

{
  "Kitsu API MCP server": {
    "url": "https://api-docs.kitsu.cloud/mcp"
  }
}

GET /auth/authenticated

Jwt authorization

Get the current user and the organisation if the token is valid. A browser frontend or a third-party tool uses this route to know if the user is still logged in. The organisation has the chat tokens only for an administrator.

Responses

200 application/json

The user is authenticated
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- authenticated boolean
- user object
  
  Current user, with relations and FIDO devices
- organisation object
401

The token is missing, not valid or expired

GET /auth/authenticated

curl -X GET "http://api.example.com/auth/authenticated" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

import requests

url = "http://api.example.com/auth/authenticated"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN",
    "Accept": "application/json"
}
params = {}
payload = None

response = requests.get(
    url,
    headers=headers,
    params=params,
    json=payload
)

response.raise_for_status()

if response.content:
    print(response.json())

Response examples (200)

{
  "authenticated": true,
  "user": {},
  "organisation": {}
}