# pfSense Authentication API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/pfsense/pfsense-authentication-api/  
**Provider:** pfSense — https://apis.io/providers/pfsense/  
**Base URL:** https://pfsense.local/api/v2  
**Documentation:** https://pfrest.org/

pfSense Authentication API is one of 5 APIs that [pfSense](https://apis.io/providers/pfsense/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

Obtain JWT bearer tokens.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pfsense/refs/heads/main/openapi/pfsense-authentication-api-openapi.yml

## Other pfSense APIs (4)

- [pfSense REST API (pfSense-pkg-RESTAPI)](https://apis.io/apis/pfsense/rest-api-package/)
- [pfSense Firewall Aliases API](https://apis.io/apis/pfsense/pfsense-firewall-aliases-api/)
- [pfSense Firewall Apply API](https://apis.io/apis/pfsense/pfsense-firewall-apply-api/)
- [pfSense Firewall Rules API](https://apis.io/apis/pfsense/pfsense-firewall-rules-api/)

## Tags

Authentication

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/pfsense/pfsense-authentication-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/pfsense/.