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Login to the REST API using a DSpace EPerson / User(user). It returns an dspace-rest-a token, that can be used for future authenticated requests (as a value of the rest-dspace-token request header).

Example Request:

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"email":"admin@dspace.org", "password":"dspace"}' http://localhost:8080/rest/login

Example Response:

1febef81-5eb6-4e76-a0ea-a5be245563a5

Invalid email/password combinations will receive an HTTP 403 Forbidden.

Logout from the REST API, by providing a header rest-dspace-token. After being posted this token will no longer work.

Example Request:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "rest-dspace-token: 1febef81-5eb6-4e76-a0ea-a5be245563a5" http://localhost:8080/rest/logout

Invalid token will result in HTTP 400 Invalid Request

Returns string "REST api is running", for testing that the API is up.

Example Request:

curl http://localhost:8080/rest/test

Example Response:

REST api is running.

Receive information about the currently authenticated user token.

Example Request:

curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "rest-dspace-token: f2f478e2-90f2-4e77-a757-4e838ae94154" http://localhost:8080/rest/status

Example Response:
{"okay":true,"authenticated":true,"email":"admin@dspace.org","fullname":"DSpace Administrator","token":"f2f478e2-90f2-4e77-a757-4e838ae94154"}