---
title: "Create an authentication request to sign in with username and password and generate a JWT token"
method: POST
path: "/v3/auth/signin"
tags: ["DQ Auth API"]
---

# Create an authentication request to sign in with username and password and generate a JWT token

`POST /v3/auth/signin`

## Request

- Base URL: `/rest/2.0` (relative, and the document’s source URL is not known)
- URL: `/rest/2.0/v3/auth/signin`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP basic
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2
    - Client credentials
    - Token URL: `/rest/oauth/v2/token` scopes: `sys.admin`
  - OAuth 2
    - Client credentials
    - Token URL: `/rest/oauth/v2/token`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/collibra/apis/collibra-data-governance-center-core-api/docs/v3/auth/signin/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Creates an authentication request to sign in with username and password and generate a JWT token. 

Sign in with your username and password to generate a JWT token

## Request body

- AuthenticationRequest
  - `username` string: Username
  - `password` string: Password
  - `iss` string: Issuer (tenant name)

## Response `200`

JWT token is generated

## Other responses

- `401`: Authentication failed

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/collibra/apis/collibra-data-governance-center-core-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/collibra/apis/collibra-data-governance-center-core-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/collibra/apis/collibra-data-governance-center-core-api/revisions/6d091bc86a33?raw)