Authenticate a user

GET /_security/_authenticate

Auth

Authenticates a user and returns information about the authenticated user. Include the user information in a basic auth header. A successful call returns a JSON structure that shows user information such as their username, the roles that are assigned to the user, any assigned metadata, and information about the realms that authenticated and authorized the user. If the user cannot be authenticated, this API returns a 401 status code.

Response

application/json

api_key object
authentication_realm object required
email union string nullable: One of: string
full_name union string nullable
lookup_realm object required
metadata object required
roles string[] required
username string required
enabled boolean required
authentication_type string required
token object The Elastic Stack includes Elastic's core products such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats. Availability Generally available since 7.14 This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage. Unless stated otherwise on the page, this functionality is available when your Elastic Stack is deployed on Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, and self-managed environments. This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes.