OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.3.1 and OpenManage Enterprise - Modular Edition Version 1.10.00 RESTful API Guide

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POST method for Members

This method authenticates a user and establishes a session.

Description

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 that this method supports.
Attribute name	Description
Id	ID of the session service.
UserName	User name of the active session.
Password	Password of the active session.
Roles	Privilege assigned to the role.
IpAddress	IP Address of session source.
StartTimeStamp	Date and time when the session began.
LastAccessedTimeStamp	Date and time when the session was last accessed.