POST api/account/login

This method will allow site user to login into the site using provided user name (email) and password. ClientId header is required for this request

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

Instance of LoginBindingModel

LoginBindingModel

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
UserName		string	Required
Password		string	Required

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "userName": "sample string 1",
  "password": "sample string 2"
}

text/html

Sample:

{"userName":"sample string 1","password":"sample string 2"}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<LoginBindingModel xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Ptd.Model.WebModels.AccountBinding">
  <Password>sample string 2</Password>
  <UserName>sample string 1</UserName>
</LoginBindingModel>

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Sample:

Failed to generate the sample for media type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'. Cannot use formatter 'JQueryMvcFormUrlEncodedFormatter' to write type 'LoginBindingModel'.

Response Information

Resource Description

Instance of JObject(authentication token)

Collection of Object

None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json, text/html

Sample:

Sample not available.