> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developer.tiledesk.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developer.tiledesk.com/apis/rest-api/authentication.md).

# Authentication

## Authentication with email and password

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://api.tiledesk.com/v3/auth/signin`

Allows to authenticate an agent using email and password.

#### Headers

| Name         | Type   | Description                  |
| ------------ | ------ | ---------------------------- |
| Content-Type | string | use "application/json" value |

#### Request Body

| Name     | Type   | Description            |
| -------- | ------ | ---------------------- |
| email    | string | the user email address |
| password | string | the user password      |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 " %}

```
{
   "success":true,
   "token":"JWT  XYZ",
   "user":{
      "_id":"5ab11c6b83dc240014d46095",
      "email":"andrea.leo@f21.it"
   }
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Anonymous authentication for a user

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://api.tiledesk.com/v3/auth/signinAnonymously`

Allows a user to authenticate anonymously on the system.

#### Headers

| Name         | Type   | Description                  |
| ------------ | ------ | ---------------------------- |
| Content-Type | string | use "application/json" value |

#### Request Body

| Name        | Type   | Description                           |
| ----------- | ------ | ------------------------------------- |
| id\_project | string | the project to which the user belongs |
| firstname   | string | the user firstname                    |
| lastname    | string | the user password                     |
| email       | string | the user email                        |
| attributes  | object | the user custom attributes            |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 " %}

```
{
   "success":true,
   "token":"JWT XYZ",
   "user":{
      "_id":"5e25944ecf6bcc00178e75fa",
      "email":"a0fe493b-a19b-44a0-99ce-414c65fc20b0@tiledesk.com",
      "emailverified":false,
      "createdAt":"2020-01-20T11:51:42.115Z",
      "updatedAt":"2020-01-20T11:51:42.115Z",
      "__v":0
   }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Custom authentication for a user

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://api.tiledesk.com/v3/auth/signinWithCustomToken`

Allows to authenticate with a custom JWT token.

#### Headers

| Name          | Type   | Description                     |
| ------------- | ------ | ------------------------------- |
| Authorization | string | Custom JWT Authorization token. |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 " %}

```
{
   "success":true,
   "token":"JWT eyJ0eXYZ",
   "user": {
     "_id":"123456",
     "firstname":"Andrea",
     "lastname":"Leo",
     "email":"andrea.l@test.it",
     "code":"123456",
     "sub":"userexternal",
     "aud":"https://tiledesk.com/projects/5ec688ed13400f0012c2edd1",
     "iat":1598865103,
     "exp":1598865223
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Example:

```
curl 'https://api.tiledesk.com/v3/auth/signinWithCustomToken' \
  -X 'POST' \
  -H 'authorization: JWT eyJ0eXAiOiJKVXYZZ....ZZZZZ'
```

You can find here [How to Generate a Custom Authentication Token](/apis/authentication.md)


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