gitlabhq/doc/api/session.md

Login to get private token

POST /session

Parameters:

• email (required) - The email of user
• password (required) - Valid password

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "private_token": "dd34asd13as",
  "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
  "blocked": true
}

Return values:

• 201 Created on success
• 401 Unauthorized if the authentication process failed, e.g. invalid password or attribute not given