---
title: "Initialize Login Flow for browsers"
method: GET
path: "/self-service/login/browser"
tags: ["public"]
---

# Initialize Login Flow for browsers

`GET /self-service/login/browser`

This endpoint initializes a browser-based user login flow. Once initialized, the browser will be redirected to
`selfservice.flows.login.ui_url` with the flow ID set as the query parameter `?flow=`. If a valid user session
exists already, the browser will be redirected to `urls.default_redirect_url` unless the query parameter
`?refresh=true` was set.

This endpoint is NOT INTENDED for API clients and only works with browsers (Chrome, Firefox, ...).

More information can be found at [Ory Kratos User Login and User Registration Documentation](https://www.ory.sh/docs/next/kratos/self-service/flows/user-login-user-registration).

## Other responses

- `302` — Empty responses are sent when, for example, resources are deleted. The HTTP status code for empty responses is typically 201.
- `500` — genericError

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