POST /api/users/authenticate
Authenticate as a particular User

Examples

$ curl -i \
  -H 'Accept: application/json; version=1' \
  -X POST \
  -H 'Content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"user": { "username": "[email protected]", "password": "5up3r53kr37" }}' \
  https://api.record360.com/api/users/authenticate

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Cache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate

{
  "auth_token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIyIiwiaWF0IjoxNDY0MDQxODAzfQ.F33A91GOdYvXfe5fo-Sq3mL-dVGwCyeevd5sceuCLko",
  "user": {
    "id": "42",
    "username": "[email protected]",
    "first_name": "Some",
    "last_name": "User",
    "phone_number": "366.555.1570 x78744",
    "role": "user",
    "external_id": "s_user42",
    "created_at": "2016-05-23T22:16:43.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-05-23T22:16:43.000Z",
    "location": {
      "id": "89",
      "name": "Main Office",
      "address1": "4726 Thackeray Pl NE",
      "address2": "Suite 405",
      "city": "Seattle",
      "state": "WA",
      "zipcode": "98105",
      "timezone": "PST",
      "created_at": "2014-04-01T19:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-04-14T21:46:56.000Z",
      "workflow": { ... }
    }
  }
}

Params

Param name Description
user
required

Validations:

  • Must be a Hash
user[username]
required

User’s login or email address

Validations:

  • Must be a String
user[password]
required

User’s password

Validations:

  • Must be a String