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Create Authentication Token

Creates the new authentication token for the specified user.

Request

HTTP Request

POST /node/api/users/:id/auth-token

Permissions

manage-users

Path parameters

Parameter Type Description
id String
required		 The ID of a user for which an authentication token should be created.

Request body

The request body is empty.

Response

The response body contains a string with an authentication token.

"a5f946dc-4c21-4ccd-b78b-f0a5fce94f4d"

Warning

Authentication token in the response body is surrounded by quotation marks ("). Some requests may require you to remove them.

Example

Request

Here is how you can create a new authentication token for a user with ID user_id:

login=<...>
password=<...>
user_id=<...>
saymon_hostname=<...>
url=https://$saymon_hostname/node/api/users/$user_id/auth-token

curl -X POST $url -u $login:$password

let login = <...>
let password = <...>
let userId = <...>
let saymonHostname = <...>
let path = "/node/api/users/" + userId + "/auth-token";
let auth = "Basic " + btoa(login + ":" + password);

let headers = new Headers();
headers.append("Authorization", auth);

let requestOptions = {
    method: "POST",
    headers: headers
};

fetch(saymonHostname + path, requestOptions)
    .then(response => response.text())
    .then(result => console.log(result))
    .catch(error => console.log("error", error));

const http = require("http");

let login = <...>
let password = <...>
let userId = <...>
let saymonHostname = <...>
let path = "/node/api/users/" + userId + "/auth-token";
let auth = "Basic " + Buffer.from(login + ":" + password).toString("base64");

let options = {
    "method": "POST",
    "hostname": saymonHostname,
    "headers": {
        Authorization: auth
    },
    "path": path
};

let req = http.request(options, function (res) {
    let chunks = [];

    res.on("data", function (chunk) {
        chunks.push(chunk);
    });

    res.on("end", function (chunk) {
        let body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
        console.log(body.toString());
    });

    res.on("error", function (error) {
        console.error(error);
    });
});

req.end();

import requests

login = <...>
password = <...>
user_id = <...>
saymon_hostname = <...>
url = "https://" + saymon_hostname + "/node/api/users/" + \
    user_id + "/auth-token"

response = requests.request("POST", url, auth=(login, password))
print(response.text)

After the token is created, the user needs to provide it as a query parameter to authenticate in the subsequent requests. The examples below show how to do it for the Get Current User method:

saymon_hostname=<...>
api_token=<...>
url=https://$saymon_hostname/node/api/users/current

curl -X GET $url?api-token=$api_token

let authToken = <...>
let saymonHostname = <...>
let path = "/node/api/users/current?api-token=" + authToken;

let requestOptions = {
    method: "GET"
};

fetch(saymonHostname + path, requestOptions)
    .then(response => response.text())
    .then(result => console.log(result))
    .catch(error => console.log("error", error));

const http = require("http");

let authToken = <...>
let saymonHostname = <...>
let path = "/node/api/users/current?api-token=" + authToken;

let options = {
    "method": "GET",
    "hostname": saymonHostname,
    "path": path
};

let req = http.request(options, function (res) {
    let chunks = [];

    res.on("data", function (chunk) {
        chunks.push(chunk);
    });

    res.on("end", function (chunk) {
        let body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
        console.log(body.toString());
    });

    res.on("error", function (error) {
        console.error(error);
    });
});

req.end();

import requests

api_token = <...>
saymon_hostname = <...>
url = "https://" + saymon_hostname + "/node/api/users/current"
params = {"api-token": api_token}

response = requests.request("GET", url, params=params)
print(response.text)

Response

"6c41afda-0f18-4613-983f-3e01d83c6aaa"

See Also