Login

Login( identity, param_object )
Login( identity, param_object )
Login( identity, param_object )
Login( identity, param_object )
login( identity, param_object )
login( identity, param_object )
Login( identity, param_object )
Login( identity, param_object )

Description

The Login function creates an authentication token for the provided identity, which can be a Ref or a Set of refs, based on the password provided in param_object.

The authentication token’s secret can be used to connect to FaunaDB and execute queries within the database that contains identity. The permissions granted to the authentication token can be specified using Attribute-based access control (ABAC).

Parameters

Argument Type Definition and Requirements

identity

Ref or Set

The identity (reference to a document) or identities (set of refs to multiple documents) to authenticate.

param_object

Object

The param_object fields are described below.

param_object

Field Name Field Type Definition and Requirements

data

Object

Optional - a document storing metadata about the token to be created.

password

String

The password to authenticate identity with.

ttl

Timestamp

Optional - A timestamp indicating the authentication token’s time-to-live, that is when the token should be removed. When a token is removed, the token’s existence ceases (temporal queries cannot recover the token) and the associated secret can no longer be used to authenticate.

Token removal is handled by a background task, so once the ttl "expires", it could be some time (hours or days) before the token removal occurs. There is no guarantee that removal actually occurs.

Returns

When authentication is successful, an object containing the authenticated Ref(s) is returned. When authentication fails, an error is returned.

Examples

curl https://db.fauna.com/ \
    -u fnAChGwBcAACAO70ziE0cfROosNJHdgBmJU1PgpL: \
    -d '{
          "login": { "@ref": "classes/characters/181388642114077184" },
          "params": { "object": { "password": "abracadabra" } }
        }'
client.Query(
  Login(
    Ref(Collection("characters"), "181388642114077184"),
    Obj("password", "abracadabra")));
System.out.println(
       client.query(
           Login(
             Ref(Collection("characters"), Value(181388642114077184L)),
             Obj("password", Value("abracadabra")))
       ).get());
result, _ := client.Query(
    f.Login(
        f.RefCollection(f.Collection("characters"), "181388642114077184"),
        f.Obj{"password": "abracadabra"},
    ),
)

fmt.Println(result)
client.query(
  Login(
    Ref(Collection("characters"), "181388642114077184"),
    Obj("password" -> "abracadabra")))
client.query(
  q.login(
    q.ref(q.collection("characters"), "181388642114077184"),
    {"password": "abracadabra"}
  ))
$client.query do
  login ref(collection('characters'), '181388642114077184'),
        password: 'abracadabra'
end
client.query(
    Login(
        for: Ref(Collection("characters"), "181388642114077184"),
        Obj("password" => "abracadabra")
    )
)
client.query(
  q.Login(
    q.Ref(q.Collection('characters'), '181388642114077184'),
    { password: 'abracadabra' },
  )
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
{
  "resource": {
    "ref": { "@ref": "tokens/181388643175236096" },
    "class": { "@ref": "tokens" },
    "ts": 1509244540264619,
    "document": { "@ref": "classes/characters/181388642114077184" },
    "secret": "fnEChGwCisACAAKEbAFuUAIAwIxOcffRgoJm7EgUt_zlmiPOze4"
  }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "tokens/181388643175236096" },
  "class": { "@ref": "tokens" },
  "ts": 1509244540264619,
  "document": { "@ref": "classes/characters/181388642114077184" },
  "secret": "fnEChGwCisACAAKEbAFuUAIAwIxOcffRgoJm7EgUt_zlmiPOze4"
}
{
  ref: ref(id = "210072853209416192", collection = ref(id = "tokens")),
  ts: 1536599934671870,
  document: ref(id = "181388642114077184", collection = ref(id = "characters", collection = ref(id = "collections"))),
  secret: "fnEC6lQloIACAALqVCVT8AIAtHiABBu-jZoAKERviRRl5bjZNBQ"
}
map[ref:{181388643175236096 0xc4202b3440 <nil>} ts:1509244540264619 document:{181388642114077184 0xc4202b36c0 <nil>} secret:fnEChGwCisACAAKEbAFuUAIAwIxOcffRgoJm7EgUt_zlmiPOze4]
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "tokens/181388643175236096" },
  "class": { "@ref": "tokens" },
  "ts": 1509244540264619,
  "document": { "@ref": "classes/characters/181388642114077184" },
  "secret": "fnEChGwCisACAAKEbAFuUAIAwIxOcffRgoJm7EgUt_zlmiPOze4"
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "tokens/181388643175236096" },
  "class": { "@ref": "tokens" },
  "ts": 1509244540264619,
  "document": { "@ref": "classes/characters/181388642114077184" },
  "secret": "fnEChGwCisACAAKEbAFuUAIAwIxOcffRgoJm7EgUt_zlmiPOze4"
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "tokens/181388643175236096" },
  "class": { "@ref": "tokens" },
  "ts": 1509244540264619,
  "document": { "@ref": "classes/characters/181388642114077184" },
  "secret": "fnEChGwCisACAAKEbAFuUAIAwIxOcffRgoJm7EgUt_zlmiPOze4"
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "tokens/181388643175236096" },
  "class": { "@ref": "tokens" },
  "ts": 1509244540264619,
  "document": { "@ref": "classes/characters/181388642114077184" },
  "secret": "fnEChGwCisACAAKEbAFuUAIAwIxOcffRgoJm7EgUt_zlmiPOze4"
}
{ ref: Ref(id=181388643175236096, collection=Ref(id=tokens)),
  ts: 1527279532953934,
  document:
   Ref(id=181388642114077184, collection=Ref(id=characters, collection=Ref(id=collections))),
  secret: 'fnECx5uE8OACAQLCZP7uQAIBF3rvpXoJEzfIrNXEL21PUpib9AE' }

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