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    • API overview
  • Client API
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  • Admin API
      • GETGets available permissions
      • POSTLog in
      • GETGet SAML auth settings
      • POSTUpdate SAML auth settings
      • GETGet OIDC auth settings
      • POSTSet OIDC settings
      • GETGet Simple auth settings
      • POSTUpdate Simple auth settings
      • GETReturns the list of permissions for the service account.
      • GETGets access overview
      • GETGet SCIM settings.
      • POSTSet SCIM settings.
      • POSTGenerates a new SCIM API token.
      • GETValidates a token
      • POSTChanges a user password
      • POSTValidates password
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Admin APIAuth

Log in

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POST
https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/simple/login
POST
/auth/simple/login
$curl -X POST https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/simple/login \
> -H "Authorization: <apiKey>" \
> -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
> -d '{
> "username": "user",
> "password": "hunter2"
>}'
1{
2 "id": 123,
3 "name": "User",
4 "email": "user@example.com",
5 "username": "hunter",
6 "imageUrl": "https://example.com/242x200.png",
7 "inviteLink": "http://localhost:4242/invite-link/some-secret",
8 "loginAttempts": 3,
9 "emailSent": false,
10 "rootRole": 1,
11 "seenAt": "2023-06-30T11:42:00.345Z",
12 "createdAt": "2023-06-30T11:41:00.123Z",
13 "accountType": "User",
14 "permissions": [
15 "string"
16 ],
17 "scimId": "01HTMEXAMPLESCIMID7SWWGHN6",
18 "seatType": "Regular",
19 "companyRole": "Developer",
20 "productUpdatesEmailConsent": false,
21 "activeSessions": 2,
22 "deletedSessions": 1
23}
Logs in the user and creates an active session
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Authentication

Authorizationstring
API key needed to access this API
OR
AuthorizationBearer
API key needed to access this API, in Bearer token format

Request

loginSchema
usernamestringRequired
The username trying to log in
passwordstringRequired
The password of the user trying to log in

Response

userSchema
idinteger
The user id
namestring or null
Name of the user
emailstring
Email of the user
usernamestring or null
A unique username for the user
imageUrlstring
URL used for the user profile image
inviteLinkstring
If the user is actively inviting other users, this is the link that can be shared with other users
loginAttemptsinteger>=0
How many unsuccessful attempts at logging in has the user made
emailSentboolean
Is the welcome email sent to the user or not
rootRoleinteger>=0

Which root role this user is assigned

seenAtstring or nullformat: "date-time"
The last time this user logged in
createdAtstringformat: "date-time"
The user was created at this time
accountTypeenum
A user is either an actual User or a Service Account
Allowed values:
permissionslist of strings
Deprecated
scimIdstring or null
The SCIM ID of the user, only present if managed by SCIM
seatTypestring or null
The seat type of this user
companyRolestring or null
The role of the user within the company.
productUpdatesEmailConsentboolean or null
Whether the user has consented to receive product update emails.
activeSessionsinteger or null
Count of active browser sessions for this user
deletedSessionsdouble
Experimental. The number of deleted browser sessions after last login

Errors

401
Unauthorized Error