POST api/authorization/authenticate

Authenticates the username/password name-value pair. Returns a Token (Guid).

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

The parameters.

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
username	Gets or sets the User Name.	string	None.
password	Gets or sets User's Password.	string	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "username": "sample string 1",
  "password": "sample string 2"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<AuthenticateUserParameters xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Nbdc.WebServices.Models.Authorization">
  <password>sample string 2</password>
  <username>sample string 1</username>
</AuthenticateUserParameters>

Response Information

Resource Description

Valid token if authorized successfully.

AuthenticateUserResponse

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
token	Gets the response body.	globally unique identifier	None.
fullName	Gets the full name.	string	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "token": "53c280e9-67d6-44f3-9d85-857fba75b0f3",
  "fullName": "sample string 2"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<AuthenticateUserResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Nbdc.WebServices.Models.Authorization">
  <fullName>sample string 2</fullName>
  <token>53c280e9-67d6-44f3-9d85-857fba75b0f3</token>
</AuthenticateUserResponse>