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# Authenticate

> Authenticate with email and password. Returns a JWT.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml post /authenticate
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Ziik API
  version: '1.0'
servers: []
security: []
tags:
  - name: Auth
    description: Auth
  - name: Posts
    description: Posts
  - name: Counters
    description: Counters
  - name: Groups
    description: Groups
  - name: Languages
    description: Languages
  - name: Timezones
    description: Timezones
  - name: Units
    description: Units
  - name: User unit memberships
    description: User unit memberships
  - name: Users
    description: Users
  - name: User types
    description: User types
  - name: Conversations
    description: Conversations
paths:
  /authenticate:
    post:
      tags:
        - Auth
      summary: Authenticate
      description: Authenticate with email and password. Returns a JWT.
      operationId: 6228675d822707f39f797a080f313585
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              required:
                - username
                - password
              properties:
                username:
                  description: User email (used as username)
                  type: string
                password:
                  type: string
                  format: password
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                required:
                  - jwt
                  - expires
                properties:
                  jwt:
                    type: string
                  expires:
                    description: Unix timestamp
                    type: integer
                type: object
        '401':
          description: Invalid credentials
        '403':
          description: Password login disabled
        '500':
          description: Could not create token
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    example: could_not_create_token
                type: object

````