user.checkAuthentication

Description

object user.checkAuthentication

This method checks and prolongs user session.

Calling the user.checkAuthentication method with the parameter sessionid set prolongs user session by default.

Parameters

The method accepts the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
extend	boolean	Whether to prolong the user session. Default value: "true". Setting the value to "false" allows to check the user session without prolonging it. Used if `sessionid` is set.
sessionid	string	User session ID. Required if `token` is not set.
token	string	User API token. Required if `sessionid` is not set.

Return values

(object) Returns an object containing information about user.

Examples

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "user.checkAuthentication",
           "params": {
               "sessionid": "673b8ba11562a35da902c66cf5c23fa2"
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "userid": "1",
               "username": "Admin",
               "name": "Zabbix",
               "surname": "Administrator",
               "url": "",
               "autologin": "1",
               "autologout": "0",
               "lang": "ru_RU",
               "refresh": "0",
               "theme": "default",
               "attempt_failed": "0",
               "attempt_ip": "127.0.0.1",
               "attempt_clock": "1355919038",
               "rows_per_page": "50",
               "timezone": "Europe/Riga",
               "roleid": "3",
               "type": 3,
               "sessionid": "673b8ba11562a35da902c66cf5c23fa2",
               "debug_mode": 0,
               "userip": "127.0.0.1",
               "gui_access": 0
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Response is similar to User.login call response with "userData" parameter set to true (the difference is that user data is retrieved by session id and not by username / password).

Source

CUser::checkAuthentication() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CUser.php.

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