Authenticate User with Window Authentication

{ authenticateUserWindows }

Generates a Pyramid access authentication token using windows authentication tokens

Method

/API2/auth/authenticateUserWindows

  • API Section: /API2/auth
  • API Version: 2.0
  • From Release: 2018.5
  • Usage: REST API only via POST actions.
  • Usage by:
    • Enterprise Admin
    • Domain Admin
    • Pro
    • Analyst
    • Viewer
    • Basic
  • Output Response

    Successful Result Code

    200

    Response Type

    string

    Description of Response Type

    The response is the security token as a base64 string. It is usually stored in a cookie.

    Notes

    The security token is a string that needs to be embedded in every API call to ensure the API calls are authorized. If saved as a cookie in a web browser, it can be used (for the authenticated user) to auto-login into the application.Importantly, the web browser must support Windows Authentication and the authentication METHOD must be set to 'Windows Authentication' in Pyramid.

    Examples