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user.login
Description
string/object user.login(object parameters)
This method allows to log in to the API and generate an authentication token.
When using this method, you also need to do user.logout to prevent the generation of a large number of open session records.
Parameters
This method is available to unauthenticated users and should be called without the auth parameter in the JSON-RPC request. Starting from Zabbix 2.4 the method will return an error if the auth parameter is given.
(object) Parameters containing the user name and password.
The method accepts the following parameters.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| password (required) |
string | User password. Unused for HTTP authentication. |
| user (required) |
string | User name. |
| userData | flag | Return information about the authenticated user. |
When using HTTP authentication, the user name in the API request must match the one used in the Authorization header. The password will not be validated and can be omitted.
Return values
(string/object) If the userData parameter is used, returns an object containing information about the authenticated user.
Additionally to the standard user properties, the following information is returned:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| debug_mode | boolean | Whether debug mode is enabled for the user. |
| gui_access | integer | User's authentication method to the frontend. Refer to the gui_access property of the user group object for a list of possible values. |
| node | object | Local node of the user. The object has the following properties: name - (string) Name of the node;nodeid - (string) ID of the node. |
| sessionid | string | Authentication token, which must be used in the following API requests. |
| userip | string | IP address of the user. |
If a user has been successfully authenticated after one or more failed attempts, the method will return the current values for the attempt_clock, attempt_failed and attempt_ip properties and then reset them.
If the userData parameter is not used, the method returns an authentication token.
The generated authentication token should be remembered and used in the auth parameter of the following JSON-RPC requests. It is also required when using HTTP authentication.
Examples
Authenticating a user
Authenticate a user.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "user.login",
"params": {
"user": "Admin",
"password": "zabbix"
},
"id": 1
}Response:
Requesting authenticated user's information
Authenticate and return additional information about the user.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "user.login",
"params": {
"user": "Admin",
"password": "zabbix",
"userData": true
},
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": {
"userid": "1",
"alias": "Admin",
"name": "Zabbix",
"surname": "Administrator",
"url": "",
"autologin": "1",
"autologout": "0",
"lang": "ru_RU",
"refresh": "0",
"type": "3",
"theme": "default",
"attempt_failed": "0",
"attempt_ip": "127.0.0.1",
"attempt_clock": "1355919038",
"rows_per_page": "50",
"debug_mode": true,
"userip": "127.0.0.1",
"node": {
"name": "- unknown -",
"nodeid": null
},
"sessionid": "5b56eee8be445e98f0bd42b435736e42",
"gui_access": "0"
},
"id": 1
}See also
Source
CUser::login() in frontends/php/api/classes/CUser.php.