Auth API · stations

Set the signed-in person's own station PIN for the organization

PUT /api/auth/station-pins/{organizationId}

Set the signed-in person's own station PIN for the organization: 4 to 8 digits (6 to 8 for an owner or admin), hashed at rest, never shown again.

It unlocks a station only together with the device's own credential, and a new one lifts the person's lockout. 400 InvalidStationPin for anything else, 403 NotAMember for anyone who is not an active member — and for an impersonating platform admin, since a PIN is the person's own secret. Appends auth.station-pin-set. Idempotent by content: the PIN the person already has is acknowledged and appends nothing.

Access

Requires a signed-in session: The signed-in person's own station PIN in an organization they are an active member of; no path names anyone else

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

Retries

Idempotent by content: the PIN the person already has is acknowledged and appends nothing.

Why every write carries a key: Idempotency and retries.

Facts appended

auth.station-pin-set

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

No agent tool. A station PIN is a person's own secret, typed by them in their profile; a secret is never typed into a chat or handed to an agent.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

From Set up a station and unlock it with a PIN, step 1: Set your station PIN.

curl

curl -X PUT 'https://auth.getmanifold.io/api/auth/station-pins/org_01a1586e-f9f6-7a8b-9c7d-6e5f4a3b2c1d' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "pin": "482913"
}'

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://auth.getmanifold.io/api/auth/station-pins/org_01a1586e-f9f6-7a8b-9c7d-6e5f4a3b2c1d", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "pin": "482913"
  }),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Request body · application/json

{
  "pin": "482913"
}

Response · 200 · application/json

{
  "organizationId": "org_01a1586e-f9f6-7a8b-9c7d-6e5f4a3b2c1d",
  "userId": "usr_01a15869-1d2e-7f3a-8b4c-5d6e7f8a9b0c",
  "setAt": "2026-08-17T09:00:00.000Z"
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: auth-service.openapi.json. Base URL https://auth.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing.

`400`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`InvalidStationPin` reason	The request was refused. `reason` says why.	Fix the request. Sending it again unchanged gets the same answer.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`NotAMember`	The person is not a member of this organization.	Check the organization, or invite them first.
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Send the same request again shortly.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.

Used in

Set up a station and unlock it with a PIN, step 1: Set your station PIN