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Users (Okta API)

The [Okta User API](/docs/api/rest/users.html) provides operations to manage users in your organization.

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Score Breakdown

Parseability9/10
Documentation8/10
Error Clarity8/10
Token Efficiency8/10
Auth Simplicity7/10
First-Try Success7/10
Consistency5/10
Latency3/10

Benchmark Analysis Log

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{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "https://okta.local",
  "auth_method": "api_key",
  "auth_config": {
    "header": "Authorization",
    "scheme": "SSWS",
    "note": "Okta API tokens are passed as 'Authorization: SSWS <token>'. OAuth 2.0 with scopes (okta.users.manage, etc.) is also supported for newer integrations."
  },
  "endpoints": [
    {
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/api/v1/users",
      "description": "List users in the organization; supports filtering, search, and pagination."
    },
    {
      "method": "POST",
      "path": "/api/v1/users",
      "description": "Create a new user."
    },
    {
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/api/v1/users/{userId}",
      "description": "Retrieve a user by ID, login, or email."
    },
    {
      "method": "PUT",
      "path": "/api/v1/users/{userId}",
      "description": "Update a user's profile."
    },
    {
      "method": "DELETE",
      "path": "/api/v1/users/{userId}",
      "description": "Delete a user."
    },
    {
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/api/v1/users/me",
      "description": "Get the currently authenticated user (requires OAuth 2.0 with openid scope)."
    }
  ],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "subscription",
    "details": {
      "tiers": [
        "Developer (free, limited)",
        "One App (per-app pricing)",
        "Enterprise",
        "Adaptive MFA add-ons"
      ],
      "api_access": "Included in all paid plans; rate limits vary by edition."
    }
  },
  "rate_limits": {
    "documented": true,
    "note": "Okta enforces org-wide and per-endpoint rate limits; exact values depend on edition and endpoint. Common default is 600 requests/minute per org for user-related APIs. Headers X-Rate-Limit-Limit, X-Rate-Limit-Remaining, X-Rate-Limit-Reset are returned."
  },
  "capabilities": [
    "User lifecycle management (create, read, update, delete, activate, deactivate, suspend, unsuspend)",
    "User profile schema management",
    "Group membership management",
    "Authentication and MFA integration",
    "Directory integration (AD, LDAP)",
    "OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect provider",
    "SCIM provisioning support",
    "Event and system log APIs",
    "Custom attributes and profile mappings",
    "Pagination, filtering, and search"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "Okta is a mature enterprise identity and access management (IAM) platform offering a comprehensive REST API for user management. The User API described here is a core part of Okta's API surface, exposed at /api/v1/users and related sub-resources. It is designed primarily for enterprise IT, identity engineers, and application developers integrating authentication, provisioning, and user lifecycle automation. The platform is highly mature, widely adopted, and well-documented.\n\nAuthentication is typically via API token (SSWS) or OAuth 2.0 for delegated access. The user API supports full CRUD, lifecycle operations, pagination, and advanced search via SCIM-style filters. Integrations exist with countless SaaS apps, HR systems (Workday, BambooHR), and CI/CD tooling via provisioning connector and SDKs (Java, .NET, Python, Node.js, Go, etc.).\n\nThe URL 'https://okta.local' indicates a local or test Okta tenant; production base URLs follow the pattern https://{yourOktaDomain}/api/v1. Pricing is subscription-based, with a free Developer Edition for testing; API rate limits apply and are documented per endpoint. Overall, this is a robust, enterprise-grade platform API suitable for automation and identity orchestration."
}
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0/3 tests passed

TestEndpointStatusLatency
website_uptimeGET /None91ms
robots_txtGET /robots.txtNone85ms
llms_txtGET /llms.txtNone93ms
Interpret
{
  "overall": 72,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 8.0,
    "first_try_success": 7.0,
    "response_parseability": 9.0,
    "error_clarity": 7.5,
    "doc_quality": 8.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 7.0,
    "latency": 3.0,
    "consistency": 5.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "model": "subscription",
    "tiers": ["Free (Developer)", "Per-app", "Enterprise", "Add-ons"],
    "api_included": true,
    "notes": "Free tier exists but limited; per-app pricing can scale unpredictably."
  },
  "issues": [
    "All three live checks failed with DNS resolution errors ('Name or service not known'), indicating the tested host was unreachable — this may be a domain/endpoint misconfiguration but blocks live verification.",
    "No security headers, robots.txt, or llms.txt could be retrieved — unclear agent/web discoverability.",
    "Latency measurements (~85-93ms) reflect DNS failures, not real response times; actual performance is unknown.",
    "Pricing is per-app and tier-based, which agents may struggle to estimate for users without contextual scale info."
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Publish an llms.txt and machine-readable docs so agents can efficiently surface capabilities without scraping.",
    "Verify DNS/domain configuration — repeated resolution failures suggest an agent-facing endpoint problem.",
    "Expose a public status page or uptime SLA to improve consistency perception.",
    "Provide a clear, concise pricing calculator or examples to help agents estimate cost for users.",
    "Ensure error responses from the API include structured error codes for better agent self-correction."
  ]
}

Agent Readiness

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