contentstack User Sessions API

Endpoints for authenticating users and managing session tokens within Contentstack.

Operations 2

POST /user-session Log in a user #
DELETE /user-session Log out a user #

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OpenAPI Specification

contentstack-user-sessions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Contentstack Content Management User Sessions API
  description: The Contentstack Content Management API (CMA) provides programmatic access to manage all aspects of a Contentstack stack, including content types, entries, assets, environments, workflows, and users.
  version: v3
  contact:
    name: Contentstack Support
    url: https://www.contentstack.com/contact
  termsOfService: https://www.contentstack.com/legal/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.contentstack.io/v3
  description: AWS North America Production Server
- url: https://eu-api.contentstack.com/v3
  description: AWS Europe Production Server
- url: https://au-api.contentstack.com/v3
  description: AWS Australia Production Server
- url: https://azure-na-api.contentstack.com/v3
  description: Azure North America Production Server
- url: https://azure-eu-api.contentstack.com/v3
  description: Azure Europe Production Server
security:
- authtokenAuth: []
- managementTokenAuth: []
tags:
- name: User Sessions
  description: Endpoints for authenticating users and managing session tokens within Contentstack.
paths:
  /user-session:
    post:
      operationId: loginUser
      summary: Log in a user
      description: Authenticates a user with their email and password and returns an authtoken for use in subsequent API requests. The authtoken is valid for the duration of the session.
      tags:
      - User Sessions
      security: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/LoginRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful authentication with authtoken.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LoginResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    delete:
      operationId: logoutUser
      summary: Log out a user
      description: Invalidates the current user session and authtoken, signing the user out of all Contentstack sessions.
      tags:
      - User Sessions
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully logged out.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication credentials are missing or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: The request is malformed or contains invalid parameters.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    User:
      type: object
      description: A Contentstack user account.
      properties:
        uid:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier of the user.
        first_name:
          type: string
          description: User's first name.
        last_name:
          type: string
          description: User's last name.
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
          description: User's email address.
        authtoken:
          type: string
          description: Session authentication token. Only returned on login.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO 8601 timestamp when the user account was created.
    LoginRequest:
      type: object
      description: Credentials for user authentication.
      required:
      - user
      properties:
        user:
          type: object
          description: User credential object.
          required:
          - email
          - password
          properties:
            email:
              type: string
              format: email
              description: The user's email address.
            password:
              type: string
              format: password
              description: The user's account password.
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Standard error response.
      properties:
        error_message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of the error.
        error_code:
          type: integer
          description: Numeric error code.
        errors:
          type: object
          description: Field-level validation errors.
    LoginResponse:
      type: object
      description: Authentication response containing the user's authtoken.
      properties:
        user:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
  securitySchemes:
    authtokenAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: authtoken
      description: User session token obtained from the login endpoint.
    managementTokenAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: authorization
      description: Management token in the format "Bearer {management_token}" for server-to-server authentication without user sessions.
externalDocs:
  description: Contentstack Content Management API Documentation
  url: https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/apis/content-management-api