/auth/login/{user}/{pass}&returnurl={url}
/auth/login/?username={user}&password={pass}&returnurl={url}
/auth/login/{user}/{pass}&override=false
/auth/login/{user}/{pass}&multi=true (admin only)
Authenticates a session for the current user/environment. This will return a cookie that is active for 30m from last action.
If an API key is specifed (via REST or the GUI) then any API command can be authenticated with the URL parameter "infinite_api_key" instead of logging in. API keys can be used in cookies also, in the format "infinitecookie=api:API_KEY;"
Authentication
Not required (this call provides authorization)
Arguments
user (required)
username required to login, usually in the format of bob@ikanow.com
pass (required)
password required to login, encrypted with SHA-256 (base 64) and URL-encoded
returnurl (optional)
after login browser will redirect to this location
override (optional)
If set to false or "0" (true is default), then login will fail if user is already logged in elsewhere (default is that the other location's login will be invalidated)
multi (optional, admin only)
If set to true or "1" (false is default), then multiple logins are allowed.
if a returnurl is supplied, &success=true/false will be appended to the url string to indicate success or failure
Example
http://infinite.ikanow.com/api/auth/login/bob@ikanow.com/7nrsLRbgCQOZEpmJclExmK5vRVN9%2FgeopIuojZBFmNU%3B
http://infinite.ikanow.com/api/auth/login?username=bob@ikanow.com&password=7nrsLRbgCQOZEpmJclExmK5vRVN9%2FgeopIuojZBFmNU%3B
Example Response
{
"response": {
"action": "Login",
"success": true,
"time": 0
}
}