OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.4 and OpenManage Enterprise - Modular Edition Version 1.20.00 RESTful API Guide

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POST method for Sessions

This method authenticates the user and establishes a session.

Description

Authenticates the user and establishes a session.

Privilege

SECURITY_SETUP

HTTP response codes

200

Example request body

 
{
	 "UserName":"root",
  "Password":"linux",
  "SessionType":"API"
}

Example response body

{
  "Id": "7b723932-a119-4843-a5b7-7a122e4def99",
  "Description": "root",
  "Name": "API",
  "UserName": "root",
  "Password": null,
  "Roles": [
    "ADMINISTRATOR"
   ],
  "IpAddress": "xx.xx.xx.xx",
  "StartTimeStamp": "2017-04-17 20:07:12.357",
  "LastAccessedTimeStamp": "2017-04-17 20:07:12.357"
}

Table 1. AttributesThis table lists the attributes supported by this method.
Attribute Name	Description
UserName	The Session user name.
Password	The session user password.
SessionType	The type of session being created.
Id	The unique identifier of the SessionService.
Description	Description for the user session.
Name	Name of the session.
Roles	Role privileges.
IpAddress	IP address of session source.
StartTimeStamp	Time when the session began.
LastAccessedTimeStamp	Time when the session was last accessed.