# Log in a user via the API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-in-a-user-via-the-api/42862>\
**Category:** SSO\
**Created:** [20 Aprile 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-in-a-user-via-the-api/42862 "2016-04-20T08:02:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [20 Aprile 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-in-a-user-via-the-api/42862/4 "2016-04-20T12:56:46Z")

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This is tricky to do – the API alone cannot do it, because you need to set a cookie.

I’d try embedding the login-route in an invisible iframe once after the user logs in – but that’s an ugly hack.

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