User Authentication by User Name

Enables an RSA application to authenticate on behalf of a particular user.

Authenticate an application in a delegated context to act on behalf of a user

POST//yourpodURL.symphony.com/login/pubkey/app/username/{username}/authenticate

Path parameters

username*string

the username

Header parameters

Response

200401403500

OK.

Body

application/json

namestring

The name of the header in which the token should be presented on subsequent API calls.

tokenstring

Authentication token that should be passed as header in each API rest calls. This should be considered opaque data by the client. It is not intended to contain any data interpretable by the client. The format is secret and subject to change without notice.

authorizationTokenstring

(Beta) Short lived access token built from a user session. This field is still on Beta, please continue using the returned "token" instead.

Request

JavaScriptCurlPython

const response = await fetch('//yourpodURL.symphony.com/login/pubkey/app/username/{username}/authenticate', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      "sessionToken": "text"
    },
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

200401403500

{
  "name": "text",
  "token": "text",
  "authorizationToken": "text"
}

📘 Requirements

The app must have been created on the pod. The app must be enabled. The user must exist and have the app installed. For more information, refer to Update user Apps.