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# Log in and obtain JWT tokens

POST https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/auth/login
Content-Type: application/json

Authenticates with email/password and starts a session: an access token and a refresh token. `remember_me` picks the session's limits for its whole life: signed out after 3 idle days and at most 14 days after sign-in, or 30 idle days and 90 at most when true (current defaults) — see the Authentication and sessions guide for the full client contract.

Reference: https://docs.finput.com.au/api/endpoints/authentication/login

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a LoginRequest.

- `email` (string, required)
- `password` (string, required)
- `remember_me` (boolean, optional, default: false) — "Keep me signed in". `false` or omitted: signed out after 3 idle days, and at most 14 days after sign-in. `true`: 30 idle days, 90 at most. These are current defaults and server configuration — read `exp` from the refresh token rather than hardcoding them.

## Response

### 200

Login successful

- `tokens` (LoginResponseTokens, optional)
- `email` (string, optional)

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Login refused. `code` is `invalid_credentials` for an unknown email, a wrong password or a locked-out account, all with the same `detail`. Only when the password is right does it say why the account cannot log in: `email_not_verified` (open the verification email, or `POST /api/v1/auth/resend-verification`) or `account_deactivated` (an organisation admin must reactivate it).

- `detail` (string, required) — A sentence to show the user.
- `code` (enum, required) — Why login was refused. `email_not_verified` and `account_deactivated` are only given for a correct password.
  - Allowed values: `invalid_credentials`, `email_not_verified`, `account_deactivated`

## Types

### LoginResponseTokens

- `access` (string, optional) — JWT access token
- `refresh` (string, optional) — JWT refresh token

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "password": "securePassword123"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "tokens": {
    "access": "string",
    "refresh": "string"
  },
  "email": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/auth/login"

payload = {
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "password": "securePassword123"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/auth/login';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"email":"user@example.com","password":"securePassword123"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/auth/login"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"email\": \"user@example.com\",\n  \"password\": \"securePassword123\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/auth/login")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"email\": \"user@example.com\",\n  \"password\": \"securePassword123\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/auth/login")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"email\": \"user@example.com\",\n  \"password\": \"securePassword123\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/auth/login', [
  'body' => '{
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "password": "securePassword123"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/auth/login");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"email\": \"user@example.com\",\n  \"password\": \"securePassword123\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "password": "securePassword123"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.finput.com.au/api/v1/auth/login")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```