Authorize user requests

Authorize user

POST /v1/users/authorize

Generate a JSON Web Token (JWT) for a user to use as authorization to access the REST API.

Request

Example HTTP request

POST /users/authorize

Example JSON body

{
    "username": "user@redislabs.com",
    "password": "my_password"
}

Request headers

Request body

Include a JWT authorize object with a valid username and password in the request body.

Response

Returns a JSON object that contains the generated access token.

Example JSON body

{
    "access_token": "eyJ5bGciOiKIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpYXViOjE0NjU0NzU0ODYsInVpZFI1IjEiLCJleHAiOjE0NjU0Nz30OTZ9.2xYXumd1rDoE0edFzcLElMOHsshaqQk2HUNgdsUKxMU"
}

Error codes

When errors are reported, the server may return a JSON object with error_code and message fields that provide additional information. The following are possible error_code values:

Status codes