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Login to ECE

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Login to ECE

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Authenticates against available users.

Request

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POST /api/v1/users/auth/_login

Request body

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(LoginRequest) (required) The login request

Responses

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200: (TokenResponse) Login successful, returns the token in the body (if 'login_state.path' not specified)
302: (EmptyResponse) Redirects to '/sso/token#BEARER_TOKEN?state=LOGIN_STATE' with the fragment containing a bearer token (if 'login_state.path' is specified)
401: (BasicFailedReply) The supplied authentication is invalid. (code: root.unauthenticated)
501: (BasicFailedReply) You need to configure the authentication cluster. (code: authc.no_authentication_cluster)
502: (BasicFailedReply) The authentication cluster failed to process the request. The response body contains details about the error. (code: authc.authentication_cluster_error)

To perform this operation, you must be authenticated by means of one of the following methods: apiKey, basicAuth.

Request example

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curl -XPOST {{hostname}}/api/v1/users/auth/_login \
-u $CLOUD_USER:$CLOUD_KEY \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '
{
   "login_state" : {
      "path" : "string"
   },
   "password" : "string",
   "username" : "string"
}
'

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