Summary: The OpenAPI plugin for Managed Better Auth ships enabled by default and exposes a Scalar-powered interactive API reference UI at /reference and an OpenAPI 3.x JSON schema endpoint at /open-api/generate-schema. Use it to browse and live-test auth endpoints (session, user, organization, admin) directly against your database, or to import the spec into Postman, Insomnia, or a Scalar SDK generator for type-safe clients in languages without a dedicated Managed Better Auth SDK.

Interactive API documentation and client generation

Managed Better Auth is built on Better Auth and comes with the Open API plugin enabled by default. You do not need to manually install or configure it.

The OpenAPI plugin provides two main features:

1. An interactive API reference UI (powered by Scalar) to explore and test all available Managed Better Auth endpoints.
2. A JSON Schema endpoint that you can use to generate type-safe clients for your application.

• A Neon project with Auth enabled.

You can view the interactive documentation for your specific project by appending /reference to your Managed Better Auth URL.

URL Format:

<YOUR_NEON_AUTH_URL>/reference

Example: https://ep-xxx.aws.neon.tech/neondb/auth/reference

This interface allows you to:

• Browse all available endpoints (grouped by Core, Session, User, Plugins, etc).
• View request and response schemas.
• "Try it out": Make real API requests against your database directly from the browser.

Note: Testing endpoints

When using the "Try it out" feature, you are interacting with your live database. Be careful when testing endpoints that modify or delete data (like admin.banUser or organization.delete).

If you need the raw OpenAPI 3.x specification (for example, to import into Postman or Insomnia), it is available at the /open-api/generate-schema endpoint.

URL format:

<YOUR_NEON_AUTH_URL>/open-api/generate-schema

This endpoint returns a standard JSON object describing your authentication API.

One of the most powerful use cases for the OpenAPI plugin is generating type-safe API clients for languages that do not yet have a dedicated Managed Better Auth SDK, or for server-side integration where you prefer raw fetch calls.

If you're using Next.js, you can access the OpenAPI reference page at /api/auth/reference in your application, once Managed Better Auth is set up according to the Next.js quick start. Unlike the default Managed Better Auth reference page, this version can be fully customized to match your application's theme. It also provides additional options, such as generating SDK clients in multiple languages using Scalar's built‑in tools.

Because Managed Better Auth is a managed service, the OpenAPI configuration is preset:

• Path: The reference UI is always served at /reference.
• Theme: The UI uses the default Scalar theme and cannot be customized.
• Discovery: The reference doc automatically reflects the plugins enabled in your Managed Better Auth instance.

• Admin
• Email OTP
• JWT
• Magic Link
• Organization
• Phone Number

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