authenticate_user

Authenticate against an existing MIDAS user account.

Note: "authenticate_user" API calls respect the "Max Invalid Login Attempts" security setting.

Tip: For increased security, we strongly advise that "authenticate_user" API calls are only made using http POST methods (and not http GET methods)

Required Parameters	Possible Values	Description
email	Email Address	Email address of account to authenticate
pw	String	Corresponding password for account to authenticate

Example Response

{
	"authenticated":"1",
	"id":"4"	
}

Variables Returned	Description
authenticated	Returns "1" if supplied email address and corresponding password are valid, otherwise returns "0"
id	If the returned "authenticated" response is "1", the "id" parameter contains the internal user ID of the authenticated account