Authenticate

Overview

Authenticates the API user and returns a Token that is required for all subsequent calls for the remainder of the session.

Request Information

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Method

POST - api/Account/Authenticate

URI Parameters

Body Parameters

APICredentialViewModel

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
Email		string	None.
Password		string	None.

JSON

{
 "Email": "sample string 1",
 "Password": "sample string 2"
}

XML

<APICredentialViewModel xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/BluSKYWebAPI.Models">
 <Email>sample string 1</Email>
 `````<Password>`````sample string 2</Password>
</APICredentialViewModel>

Response Information

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Resource Description

UserToken

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
Email		string	None.
IsAuthenticated		boolean	None.
Token		string	None.

Response Formats

JSON

{
 "Email": "sample string 1",
 "IsAuthenticated": true,
 "Token": "sample string 3"
}

XML

<UserToken xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/BluSKYWebAPI.Models">
 `<Email>`sample string 1</Email>
 `<IsAuthenticated>`true</IsAuthenticated>
 ``````<Token>`````sample string 3</Token>
</UserToken>
```