User Authentication

About User Authentication

Using your user name and password, along with an account identifier, will instruct Crossbar to create an authentication token to be used on subsequent requests requiring authentication.

Schema

Provides an auth-token via user credentials

Key Description Type Default Required Support Level
account_name The account name of the user string(1..128) false
account_realm The account realm of the user string(4..253) false
credentials A hash of the uses credentials string(1..64) true
method The hash method string('md5' | 'sha') md5 false
phone_number A phone number assigned to the users account string(1..64) false

Create

PUT /v2/user_auth

curl -v -X PUT \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"data":{"credentials":"{CREDENTIALS_HASH}", "account_name":"{ACCOUNT_NAME"}, "method":[md5|sha]}}' \
    http://{SERVER}:8000/v2/user_auth

Where {CREDENTIALS_HASH} is MD5 or SHA1 hash of {username}:{password}.

Creating MD5 User/Pass credentials hash

$ echo -n 'john@example.com:m32c6NfqYEt' | md5sum
82a2dc91686ec828a67152d45a5c5ef7  -

Responses

{
    "auth_token": "{AUTH_TOKEN}",
    "data": {
        "account_id": "{ACCOUNT_ID}",
        "apps": [],
        "is_reseller": true,
        "language": "en-US",
        "owner_id": "{OWNER_ID}",
        "reseller_id": "{RESELLER_ID}"
    },
    "request_id": "{REQUEST_ID}",
    "revision": "{REVISION}",
    "status": "success"
}

Fetch Token Auth Information

GET /v2/user_auth/{AUTH_TOKEN}

curl -v -X GET \
    -H "X-Auth-Token: {AUTH_TOKEN}" \
    http://{SERVER}:8000/v2/user_auth/{AUTH_TOKEN}
{
    "data": {
        "account_id": "{ACCOUNT_ID}",
        "owner_id": "{USER_ID}",
        "method": "cb_user_auth",
        "id": "{AUTH_TOKEN}",
        "reseller_id": "{RESELLER_ID}",
        "is_reseller": false,
        "account_name": "{ACCOUNT_NAME}",
        "language": "en-us",
        "apps": [{
            "id": "8bda62bf7ccf8f8acc219d5d2c515376",
            "name": "accounts",
            "api_url": "http://192.168.0.2:8000/v2/",
            "label": "Accounts Manager"
        }, {
            "id": "99d5f033f0a4176640f9bf1c4e81abed",
            "name": "numbers",
            "api_url": "http://192.168.0.2:8000/v2/",
            "label": "Number Manager"
        }, {
            "id": "0306d5162bad2c7a951b6842483f73cd",
            "name": "voip",
            "api_url": "http://192.168.0.2:8000/v2/",
            "label": "Smart PBX"
        }]
    },
    "auth_token": "{AUTH_TOKEN}",
    "status": "success"
}

Password Recovery

Sometimes it is necessary to recover a password. Similar to user authentication, you can supply the account realm, the account name, or a phone number associated with the account to send a password reset to the user's email. This email will contain a link that one then click to verify identity & proceed with recovery.

Schema

Key Description Type Default Required
account_name The account name of the user string(1..64) false
account_realm The account realm of the user string(1..64) false
phone_number A phone number assigned to the user's account string(1..64) false
username The user's API username string(1..254) true

PUT /v2/user_auth/recovery

curl -v -X PUT \
    -H "content-type: application/json" \
    -d '{"data":{"username":"API_USERNAME", "account_realm":"ACCOUNT_REALM", "ui_url": "{UI_URL}"}}' \
    http://{SERVER}:8000/v2/user_auth/recovery
{
    "auth_token": "{AUTH_TOKEN}",
    "data": {},
    "request_id": "{REQUEST_ID}",
    "revision": "{REVISION}",
    "status": "success"
}

Send the {RESET_ID} collected in the recovery-email.

POST /v2/user_auth/recovery

curl -v -X POST \
    -H "X-Auth-Token: {AUTH_TOKEN}" \
    -d '{"data": {"reset_id": "{RESET_ID}"}}'
    http://{SERVER}:8000/v2/user_auth/recovery

Responses

Success

{
    "auth_token": "{AUTH_TOKEN}",
    "data": {},
    "request_id": "{REQUEST_ID}",
    "revision": "{REVISION}",
    "status": "success"
}

Unknown {RESET_ID}

{
    "auth_token": "{AUTH_TOKEN}",
    "data": {
        "user": {
            "not_found": {
                "cause": "{RESET_ID}",
                "message": "The provided reset_id did not resolve to any user"
            }
        }
    },
    "error": "500",
    "message": "invalid request",
    "request_id": "{REQUEST_ID}",
    "status": "error"
}

Impersonate a User

You can impersonate as another user in your sub account if you're already is logged in as an admin in your master account. This features a useful way to login as your customer to debug/test issues with the user system's point of view.

PUT /v2/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/users/{USER_ID}/user_auth

curl -v -X PUT \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{ "action": "impersonate_user", "data": {} }' \
    http://{SERVER}:8000/v2/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/users/{USER_ID}/user_auth

Responses

A standard Crossbar authentication token.

{
    "auth_token": "{AUTH_TOKEN}",
    "data": {
        "account_id": "{ACCOUNT_ID}",
        "apps": [],
        "is_reseller": true,
        "language": "en-US",
        "owner_id": "{OWNER_ID}",
        "reseller_id": "{RESELLER_ID}"
    },
    "request_id": "{REQUEST_ID}",
    "revision": "{REVISION}",
    "status": "success"
}