# Validates a token

GET https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate

If the token is valid returns the user that owns the token

Reference: https://docs.getunleash.io/api/validate-token

## OpenAPI Specification

```yaml
openapi: 3.1.1
info:
  title: Validates a token
  version: endpoint_auth.validateToken
paths:
  /auth/reset/validate:
    get:
      operationId: validate-token
      summary: Validates a token
      description: If the token is valid returns the user that owns the token
      tags:
        - - subpackage_auth
      parameters:
        - name: Authorization
          in: header
          description: Header authentication of the form `undefined <token>`
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: tokenUserSchema
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/tokenUserSchema'
        '401':
          description: >-
            Authorization information is missing or invalid. Provide a valid API
            token as the `authorization` header, e.g.
            `authorization:*.*.my-admin-token`.
          content: {}
        '415':
          description: >-
            The operation does not support request payloads of the provided
            type. Please ensure that you're using one of the listed payload
            types and that you have specified the right content type in the
            "content-type" header.
          content: {}
components:
  schemas:
    roleSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          description: The role id
        type:
          type: string
          description: >-
            A role can either be a global root role (applies to all projects) or
            a project role
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the role
        description:
          type: string
          description: >-
            A more detailed description of the role and what use it's intended
            for
        project:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: What project the role belongs to
      required:
        - id
        - type
        - name
    tokenUserSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          description: The user id
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the user
        email:
          type: string
          description: The email of the user
        token:
          type: string
          description: A token uniquely identifying a user
        createdBy:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: A username or email identifying which user created this token
        role:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/roleSchema'
      required:
        - id
        - email
        - token
        - createdBy
        - role

```

## SDK Code Examples

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate"

headers = {"Authorization": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate")
  .header("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```