Log in and receive a JWT for the Admin endpoint

POSThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/User/LoginSign in to see this endpoint's URL

Credentials: Michael / Thompson (role Admin). The token expires after 15 minutes. Send it as Authorization: Bearer <token> to GET /api/Admin/authorize.Credentials: Michael / Thompson (role Admin). The token expires after 15 minutes. Send it as Authorization: Bearer <token> to GET ….

Request body

Optional. application/json, text/json, application/*+json, application/xml, text/xml, application/*+xml. Model: UserLogin. Username and password.

Example body

{"username": "Michael", "password": "Thompson"}

Responses

200: Token and login time.
404: Unknown username or wrong password (plain-text body).

Example

Request

curl -X POST "https://api.testingapis.com/api/User/Login" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username": "Michael", "password": "Thompson"}' \
  -H "X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response200 OK

{
  "token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJodHRwOi8vc2NoZW1hcy54bWxzb2FwLm9yZy93cy8yMDA1LzA1L2lkZW50aXR5L2NsYWltcy9uYW1laWRlbnRpZmllciI6Ik1pY…
  "loginTime": "2026-09-30 23:56:45
}

The parameters, request and response examples and the live Try it panel for this endpoint are for signed-in members. Accounts are free and take a few seconds to create.

Try itSign-in requiredUses your key

api.testingapis.com

curl -X POST 'https://api.testingapis.com/api/User/Login' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{"username": "Michael", "password": "Thompson"}'

const res = await fetch("https://api.testingapis.com/api/User/Login", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  body: "{\"username\": \"Michael\", \"password\": \"Thompson\"}",
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

const res = await fetch("https://api.testingapis.com/api/User/Login", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  body: "{\"username\": \"Michael\", \"password\": \"Thompson\"}",
});
const body: string = await res.text();
console.log(res.status, body);

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.testingapis.com/api/User/Login",
    headers={
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
    data="{\"username\": \"Michael\", \"password\": \"Thompson\"}",
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)

using System.Net.Http.Headers;

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "https://api.testingapis.com/api/User/Login");
request.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
request.Content = new StringContent("{\"username\": \"Michael\", \"password\": \"Thompson\"}");
request.Content.Headers.ContentType = MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/json");
using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine($"{(int)response.StatusCode} {await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()}");

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://api.testingapis.com/api/User/Login"))
                .header("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
                .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"username\": \"Michael\", \"password\": \"Thompson\"}"))
                .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.statusCode() + " " + response.body());
    }
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	body := strings.NewReader("{\"username\": \"Michael\", \"password\": \"Thompson\"}")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.testingapis.com/api/User/Login", body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	data, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(res.StatusCode, string(data))
}

POSThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/User/Login