user/login

POST

Authentication of a user using username and password. Traffic Ops will send back a session cookie.

Auth. Required

No

Roles Required

None

Response Type

undefined

Request Structure

p

Password

u

Username

#597 Request Example
POST /api/3.0/user/login HTTP/1.1
Host: trafficops.infra.ciab.test
User-Agent: curl/7.47.0
Accept: */*
Cookie: mojolicious=...
Content-Length: 26
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "u": "admin",
    "p": "twelve"
}

Response Structure

#598 Response Example
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Set-Cookie, Cookie
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST,GET,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Content-Type: application/json
Set-Cookie: mojolicious=...; Path=/; Expires=Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:40:54 GMT; Max-Age=3600; HttpOnly
Whole-Content-Sha512: UdO6T3tMNctnVusDXzRjVwwYOnD7jmnBzPEB9PvOt2bHajTv3SKTPiIZjDzvhU6EX4p+JoG4fA5wlhgxpsejIw==
X-Server-Name: traffic_ops_golang/
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:21:33 GMT
Content-Length: 65

{ "alerts": [
    {
        "text": "Successfully logged in.",
        "level": "success"
    }
]}