Session
Deprecation Notice
- Starting in GitLab 9.0, this feature will be disabled for users with two-factor authentication turned on.
- These users can access the API using personal access tokens instead.
You can login with both GitLab and LDAP credentials in order to obtain the private token.
POST /session
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
login |
string | yes | The username of the user |
email |
string | yes if login is not provided | The email of the user |
password |
string | yes | The password of the user |
curl -X POST "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/session?login=john_smith&password=strongpassw0rd"
Example response:
{
"name": "John Smith",
"username": "john_smith",
"id": 32,
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": null,
"created_at": "2015-01-29T21:07:19.440Z",
"is_admin": true,
"bio": null,
"skype": "",
"linkedin": "",
"twitter": "",
"website_url": "",
"email": "john@example.com",
"theme_id": 1,
"color_scheme_id": 1,
"projects_limit": 10,
"current_sign_in_at": "2015-07-07T07:10:58.392Z",
"identities": [],
"can_create_group": true,
"can_create_project": true,
"two_factor_enabled": false,
"private_token": "9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK"
}