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Get User Authentication Access Token

POST 

/api/v31.02/authenticate

x-prisma-cloud-target-env: {"permission":"none","saas":true,"self-hosted":true}
x-public: true

Retrieves an access token using your username and password. By default, access tokens are valid for 30 minutes. You can set the validity period in Console under Manage > Authentication > Logon.

Note: The username and password values are case-sensitive.

cURL Request

Refer to the following example cURL command:

$ curl -k \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X POST \
-d \
'{
"username":"admin",
"password":"password"
}' \
https://<CONSOLE>/api/v<VERSION>/authenticate

Response

Refer to the following successful example response that returns the access token for use in other API endpoints:

{"token", "ACCESS_TOKEN_VALUE"}

Request

Responses

AuthenticationResponse returns the result of calling the authentication endpoint