Authenticate using REST
Advanced Identity Cloud provides the /json/authenticate endpoint for authentication,
and the /json/sessions endpoint for managing sessions and logging out.
The following table summarizes authentication operations you can perform using REST:
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Authenticate to Advanced Identity Cloud Authenticating to Advanced Identity Cloud means logging in to a specific realm and receiving a session token from Advanced Identity Cloud. Add parameters to the authentication request to provide Advanced Identity Cloud with more information about how you want to authenticate. |
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Use the session token Advanced Identity Cloud returns a session token when you authenticate to a realm. Use this token in subsequent calls to Advanced Identity Cloud. For example, when using REST calls to create, modify, or delete configuration objects. |
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Log out of Advanced Identity Cloud Log out users by sending a |
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Invalidate sessions Invalidate specific sessions, or invalidate all sessions for a user to ensure they are logged out of Advanced Identity Cloud. |