Fake Store API

Fake Store API Auth API

Authentication operations.

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POST /auth/login Login #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: FakeStore Auth API
  description: A free fake API for testing and prototyping e-commerce applications.
  version: old-version-production
  contact:
    email: support@fakestoreapi.com
    url: https://fakestoreapi.com/docs
  x-logo:
    url: /icons/logo.png
    href: /
servers:
- url: https://fakestoreapi.com
tags:
- name: Auth
  x-displayName: 🔒 Auth
paths:
  /auth/login:
    post:
      summary: Login
      description: Authenticate a user.
      operationId: loginUser
      tags:
      - Auth
      x-code-samples:
      - lang: javascript
        label: JavaScript (Browser)
        source: "const credentials = { username: 'john_doe', password: 'pass123' };\nfetch('https://fakestoreapi.com/auth/login', {\n  method: 'POST',\n  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },\n  body: JSON.stringify(credentials)\n})\n  .then(response => response.json())\n  .then(data => console.log(data));"
      - lang: nodejs
        label: Node.js (Axios)
        source: "const axios = require('axios');\nconst credentials = { username: 'john_doe', password: 'pass123' };\naxios.post('https://fakestoreapi.com/auth/login', credentials)\n  .then(response => console.log(response.data));"
      - lang: php
        label: PHP
        source: "<?php\n  $credentials = json_encode(['username' => 'john_doe', 'password' => 'pass123']);\n  $ch = curl_init('https://fakestoreapi.com/auth/login');\n  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);\n  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $credentials);\n  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);\n  $response = curl_exec($ch);\n  curl_close($ch);\n  echo $response;\n?>"
      - lang: curl
        label: cURL
        source: 'curl -X POST ''https://fakestoreapi.com/auth/login'' -H ''Content-Type: application/json'' -d ''{"username": "john_doe", "password": "pass123"}'''
      - lang: python
        label: Python
        source: 'import requests

          credentials = {''username'': ''john_doe'', ''password'': ''pass123''}

          response = requests.post(''https://fakestoreapi.com/auth/login'', json=credentials)

          print(response.json())'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Login'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Login successful
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LoginResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
components:
  schemas:
    Login:
      type: object
      properties:
        username:
          type: string
        password:
          type: string
    LoginResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        token:
          type: string
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Fake Store API
  source: https://fakestoreapi.com/docs-data
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)