---
title: "POST http://localhost:8000/api-token-auth/"
method: POST
path: "http://localhost:8000/api-token-auth/"
tags: ["api-token-auth"]
---

# POST http://localhost:8000/api-token-auth/

`POST http://localhost:8000/api-token-auth/`

## Request body

- object
  - `username` string, required — Valid username for authentication
  - `password` string, required — Valid password for authentication

## Response `201`

Created

## Changes

- **2020-06-24** `80927abb02ba` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2019-08-15** `2b6c094737cc` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/catmaid/apis/catmaid-api/changes/http:/localhost:8000/api-token-auth/post.md)

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