POST User/authenticate

Authenticates a user and returns a user token.

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
userName	User's account username	string	Required
password	User's account password	string	Required
code	Security code	string	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "userName": "sample string 1",
  "password": "sample string 2",
  "code": "sample string 3"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<AuthenticateRequest xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AutoAlert.API.Models.User">
  <code>sample string 3</code>
  <password>sample string 2</password>
  <userName>sample string 1</userName>
</AuthenticateRequest>

Response Information

Resource Description

AuthenticateResponse

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
token	Access token	globally unique identifier	None.
code	API result code	integer	None.
error	API error message	string	None.
UserID	User ID	integer	None.
IsEmployee	IsEmployee	boolean	None.
expirationDateUtc	Expiration Date as UTC	date	None.
APIVersion	API Version	integer	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "UserID": 1,
  "IsEmployee": true,
  "expirationDateUtc": "2025-11-02T15:40:10.2146662-08:00",
  "APIVersion": 4,
  "token": "6a8a415d-5c8f-4514-87a6-484f4b7c4b52",
  "code": 200,
  "error": "sample string 2"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<AuthenticateResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AutoAlert.API.Models.User">
  <APIVersion xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AutoAlert.API">4</APIVersion>
  <error xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AutoAlert.API">sample string 2</error>
  <IsEmployee>true</IsEmployee>
  <UserID>1</UserID>
  <expirationDateUtc>2025-11-02T15:40:10.2146662-08:00</expirationDateUtc>
  <token>6a8a415d-5c8f-4514-87a6-484f4b7c4b52</token>
</AuthenticateResponse>