---
title: "Authenticates an HTTP session using the user credentials (username/password). This can be used as an alternative to the API token authentication."
method: POST
path: "/account/login"
tags: ["authentication"]
---

# Authenticates an HTTP session using the user credentials (username/password). This can be used as an alternative to the API token authentication.

`POST /account/login`

Authenticates the user using a pair of username and password.

## Request body

- LoginRequestType — User login credentials
  - `username` string, required — the username associated with the user's account
  - `password` string, required — the password associated with the username.

## Response `200`

Authentication was successful.

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized. Username does not exist or username/password combination is invalid.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/gameanalytics/apis/datatiger-management-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/gameanalytics/apis/datatiger-management-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/gameanalytics/datatiger-management-api/versions/20a4f732a0b7/schema)