# Firefox Accounts authentication server API

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* [Overview](#overview)
  * [URL structure](#url-structure)
  * [Request format](#request-format)
  * [Response format](#response-format)
    * [Defined errors](#defined-errors)
    * [Responses from intermediary servers](#responses-from-intermediary-servers)
  * [Validation](#validation)
* [API endpoints](#api-endpoints)
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* [Example flows](#example-flows)
* [Back-off protocol](#back-off-protocol)
* [This document](#this-document)

## Overview

### URL structure
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### Request format
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### Response format
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#### Defined errors

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### Validation

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## API endpoints
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##### Request body

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##### Error responses

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## This document
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