Authenticate over REST
AM provides the /json/authenticate endpoint for authentication,
and the /json/sessions endpoint for managing sessions and logging out.
The following table summarizes authentication operations you can perform using REST:
| Task | Resources | 
|---|---|
| Authenticate to AM Authenticating to AM means logging in to a specific realm and receiving a session token from AM. Add parameters to the authentication request to provide AM with more information about how you want to authenticate. | |
| Use the session token AM provides you with a session token after authenticating to a realm. Use this token in subsequent calls to AM. For example, when using REST calls to create, modify, or delete configuration objects. | |
| Log out of AM Log out your users by sending a  | |
| Invalidate sessions Obtain all the sessions for a given user and invalidate them to ensure they are logged out of AM. |