Overview - Publive Docs

The Reader CMS API lets you build reader-facing authentication flows for your Publive-powered publication. Use these endpoints to handle reader sign-up, login, password recovery, and email verification. Base URL: https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/<PUBLISHER_ID>/

All Reader endpoints are scoped to your publisher via the publisher_id path parameter. The publisher is identified by the URL — no additional Authorization header is required for public flows such as register and forgot-password.

Endpoints

Method	Path	Description
`POST`	`reader/login/`	Authenticate a reader and return a session token
`POST`	`reader/logout/`	Invalidate the current reader session (client-side)
`POST`	`reader/register/`	Create a new reader account
`POST`	`reader/forgot-password/`	Send a password reset email
`PATCH`	`reader/reset-password/`	Set a new password using a reset token
`POST`	`reader/verify-email/`	Verify a reader’s email address

Authentication flow

Registration and email verification flow

Last modified on July 21, 2026