# How to login a user via API?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-login-a-user-via-api/134272
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [November 23, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-login-a-user-via-api/134272 "2019-11-23T14:43:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@NathanLei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NathanLei)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-login-a-user-via-api/134272/1 "2019-11-23T14:43:34Z")
I have gone thought all the topic, None of them explain well, how to log in a user via API. I’m making an APP base on discourse APIs.. someone cares to share a link or code?? please…
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### Author:  [@zeroarst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zeroarst)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-login-a-user-via-api/134272/2 "2020-01-23T08:23:34Z")
Hi did you manager to solve the problem? I am looking the same thing. My thing is simple: I just want to validate user by asking username and password, and once logged in successfully. I then save the status in my android app. I don’t want to use SSO because I just want to validate user that’s all.
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### Author:  [@tohu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tohu)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-login-a-user-via-api/134272/3 "2020-01-23T09:09:53Z")
There’s a React Native app that you can use as a reference to find out how to login.
This file in particular should help you get started.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-login-a-user-via-api/134272/4 "2023-12-07T00:34:40Z")