---
title: "Authenticate Service"
method: POST
path: "/api/keychain/authenticate"
tags: ["keychain"]
---

# Authenticate Service

`POST /api/keychain/authenticate`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:4242/your-computer-name`
- URL: `http://localhost:4242/your-computer-name/api/keychain/authenticate`
- Auth: none declared

Verifies authentication elements against stored keychain item.

## Request body

- AuthenticateParams
  - `service` string, required: Service identifier to authenticate
  - `authElements` AuthElement[], required: Authentication elements to verify
    - `type` string, required
    - `coordinates` object, required

## Response `200`

Successfully performed authentication

- boolean

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid authentication elements
- `422`: Validation Error
- `500`: Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** `5424450258fc`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-01-13** `a2d864f3a8db`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/cuse-dev/apis/cuse-apps-api/changes/api/keychain/authenticate/post.md)

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