Authenticates an account by checking whether, for example, entered username and password matches the data in the database, or a specific account on a social media is registered in the database.
| Endpoint ID: | 2001 | ||||||||||
| Method: | POST | ||||||||||
| URL: | /user/authenticate | ||||||||||
| Request body: | JSON data with type of authentication (native or Facebook) along with data specific to type of authentication.
Example 1 – Native authentication: {
"authType": "native",
"loginID": "mailbox@mailserver.com",
"password": "password"
}
Example 2 – Facebook authentication: {
"authType": "facebook"
"appID": 987654321,
"userID": 123456789,
"updatedAccessToken": "...",
"accessTokenExpires": "..."
}
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Response body: | JSON data with key(s) for successfully authenticated account. The result will always hold the dialogportal™ master key and if the app making the request is configured to use a specific external key, this key is also included in the response. If authentication fails, the result is empty See 1001: Create account for example data | ||||||||||
| Status codes: | 200 | Successfully authenticated | |||||||||
| 403 | Invalid login | ||||||||||