authenticate

Logs the user on to the server.

Note: This method will be deprecated in a future version. We recommend you use the alm-authenticate method to get authenticted.

Description

Logs the user on to the server.

URL

/qcbin/authentication-point/authenticate

Before 15.00, it supports authentication with username and password.

Starting from 15.00, it supports authentication with either username and password or API key and API key secret.

Starting from 25.1 P1, under hybrid SSO mode, local users can use this API to get authenticated using username and password.

HTTP Methods

GET: Logs the users on to the ALM server.

PUT: N/A

DELETE: N/A

POST: N/A

Media Type
GET
PUT
DELETE
POST
application/xml
check
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application/json
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Returns

One of the HTTP Return Codes.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Set-Cookie: LWSSO_COOKIE_KEY={cookie}