API: Authentication

Sign up

You must send a POST /users/sign_in with the correct parameters (email and password) to sign up.

Example:

curl -X POST \
   -H "Accept: application/json" \
   -d 'user[email][email protected]&user[password]=toto42' \
    http://localhost:3000/users | json

Will have the following input:

{
  "response": "ok",
  "id": 3,
  "auth_token": "tkxznjbSHTC2gKMCzfvG"
}

If an error occurs, the output will this kind of format format:

curl -X POST \
   -H "Accept: application/json" \
   -d '' \
    http://localhost:3000/users | json

{
  "error": {
    "email": [
      "can't be blank"
    ],
    "password": [
      "can't be blank"
    ]
  }
}

Sign in

You must send a POST /users/sign_in with the correct parameters (email and password) to receive your auth_token.

Example:

curl -X POST \
   -H "Accept: application/json" \
   -d 'user[email][email protected]&user[password]=toto42' \
    http://localhost:3000/users/sign_in

Will have the following output:

{
  "response": "ok",
  "nickname": "keny",
  "first_name": "Dimitri",
  "last_name": "Jorge",
  "auth_token": "sYcyvuHUopjT46iMhkU5"
}

You MUST use the 'auth_token' returned in all the future requests !