---
title: "Authenticate DCV desktop session"
method: POST
path: "/api/dcv/authenticator"
tags: ["Virtual Desktops"]
---

# Authenticate DCV desktop session

`POST /api/dcv/authenticator`

Validates DCV session authentication token and returns XML response for session access

## Headers

- `X-EDH-USER` string, required
- `X-EDH-TOKEN` string, required

## Response `200`

Authentication successful

## Other responses

- `400` — Missing required parameters
- `401` — Authentication failed - invalid credentials or session

## Changes

> 6 revisions in range; 3 could not be searched.

- **2026-04-21** (v1) `6db97cead8df` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `edhAuth AND edhToken` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `socaAuth AND socaToken` was removed from the API
- **2025-08-05** (v1) `55c07c16d2e1` — 2 breaking, 2 warning, 2 info
  - added the new required `header` request parameter `X-SOCA-TOKEN`
  - added the new required `header` request parameter `X-SOCA-USER`
  - deleted the `header` request parameter `X-EDH-TOKEN`
  - deleted the `header` request parameter `X-EDH-USER`
  - …2 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/aws-samples/apis/engineering-development-hub-edh-api/changes/api/dcv/authenticator/post.md)

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