---
title: "Authenticate a user Provide the user credentials and recieve a session auth token"
method: POST
path: "/account/auth/authenticate"
tags: ["account"]
---

# Authenticate a user Provide the user credentials and recieve a session auth token

`POST /account/auth/authenticate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.thebridge.dev` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.thebridge.dev/account/auth/authenticate`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `user-agent`

## Headers

- `user-agent` string, required

## Request body

- AuthenticateRequestDto
  - `username` string, required
  - `password` string, required

## Response `201`

- AuthenticateResponseDto
  - `token` string, required: Auth token to include in every call the user makes
  - `mfaState` 'DISABLED' | 'REQUIRED' | 'SETUP', required: This property tells if user expects to authenticate with MFA or not. Possible values: DISABLED, REQUIRED, SETUP

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