gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/api/session.md
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Session

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"
}