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Authentication

Endpoints for user authentication into the Connect API.

Operations

Authenticate

Request

Supply your username and password to get an authentication token. Send the token in the Authorization header of every other request, as Bearer <token>. A token expires after one hour, so request a new one before then. See Authentication.

Failed logins are rate limited. After 5 invalid requests within 2 minutes, further requests get 429 until the 2 minutes have passed. The RateLimit-remaining response header shows how many attempts are left. See Rate Limiting.

Bodyapplication/jsonrequired

Your Connect username and password.

usernamestringrequired

Your Connect username, as given to you when your account was set up. Case sensitive.

Example:"username@domain.com"
passwordstringrequired

Your Connect password. Case sensitive.

Example:"^1gHySRA56aj>tf421o"
curl -i -X POST \
  https://connect.sandbox.creditsafe.com/v1/authenticate \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "username": "username@domain.com",
    "password": "^1gHySRA56aj>tf421o"
  }'

Responses

Success. Returns the authentication token.

Bodyapplication/json
tokenstring

Authentication Token

Example:"eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImRodTNnNkFtTG5QQXVpOEJSMUFEVnp5ZHBnZyIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCIsIng1dCI6ImRodTNnNkFtTG5QQXVpOEJSMUFEVnp5ZHBnZyJ9.eyJuYmYiOjE1OTU0
Response
{
  "token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImRodTNnNkFtTG5QQXVpOEJSMUFEVnp5ZHBnZyIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCIsIng1dCI6ImRodTNnNkFtTG5QQXVpOEJSMUFEVnp5ZHBnZyJ9.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.p8kPAlKNB9iWEKiQbfbRXBoLQuBG7NuEDN__A8AQ55CL-gcIwkS1717Af1f9W0uifwIQ6HAZQR_x191LVkvuWD94Zw8zLzzr1ioUIhQny_zYuAS3G6EFNaTHh_mvOQ9XVi1FyuIy6YYcYcNLNZurFuITF2w5LuX4YQBjQy3rhEAdRoKcUKbtCClMFaH2dV35jiX2d7BqyhtJ8GeZyJ6yfMfdzznqxlJ4Osf5aasKUy8RYKEpjU2pkCURojoy5_oviGs8X4U9mJWcua…" 
}