Retrieve authentication token | emnify Documentation

Returns a JSON Web Token (JWT) auth_token for authenticating further requests to the API.

This API path has a rate limit of 100 requests per IP in a 5-minute window. Make sure to store your authentication token to avoid hitting this limit. For more information, see Rate limits.

Returns a [JSON Web Token (JWT)](/developers/auth/jwts) `auth_token` for authenticating further requests to the API. <Note> This API path has a rate limit of 100 requests per IP in a 5-minute window. Make sure to store your authentication token to avoid hitting this limit. For more information, see [Rate limits](/developers/api-guidelines/rate-limits). </Note>

Request

Authenticate with an application token or user credentials.

To improve security across our services, authentication with user credentials has now been deprecated. Please authenticate with application tokens instead.

Authenticate with an application token or user credentials. <Warning> To improve security across our services, **authentication with user credentials has now been deprecated.** Please [authenticate with application tokens](/developers/auth/application-tokens) instead. </Warning>

application_tokenstringOptional

usernamestringOptional

passwordstringOptionalformat: "password"

refresh_tokenstringOptionalformat: "string"

Response

Successful Authentication Request

auth_tokenstring or null

refresh_tokenstring or null

1	import requests
2
3	url = "https://cdn.emnify.net/api/v1/authenticate"
4
5	headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
6
7	response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)
8
9	print(response.json())

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