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POST
/
api
/
v2
/
login
Login to BloodHound
curl --request POST \
  --url https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/login \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "login_method": "secret",
  "username": "cool_user@bloodhoundenterprise.io",
  "secret": "MySup3rS3cr3tPassw0rd!!!"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/login"

payload = {
"login_method": "secret",
"username": "cool_user@bloodhoundenterprise.io",
"secret": "MySup3rS3cr3tPassw0rd!!!"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
login_method: 'secret',
username: 'cool_user@bloodhoundenterprise.io',
secret: 'MySup3rS3cr3tPassw0rd!!!'
})
};

fetch('https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/login', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/login",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'login_method' => 'secret',
'username' => 'cool_user@bloodhoundenterprise.io',
'secret' => 'MySup3rS3cr3tPassw0rd!!!'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/login"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"login_method\": \"secret\",\n \"username\": \"cool_user@bloodhoundenterprise.io\",\n \"secret\": \"MySup3rS3cr3tPassw0rd!!!\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/login")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"login_method\": \"secret\",\n \"username\": \"cool_user@bloodhoundenterprise.io\",\n \"secret\": \"MySup3rS3cr3tPassw0rd!!!\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/login")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"login_method\": \"secret\",\n \"username\": \"cool_user@bloodhoundenterprise.io\",\n \"secret\": \"MySup3rS3cr3tPassw0rd!!!\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "user_id": "54623566-213a-4490-9c68-ac44c39b6590",
    "auth_expired": false,
    "session_token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoiNTQ2MjM1NjYtMjEzYS00NDkwLTljNjgtYWM0NGMzOWI2NTkwIiwidXNlciI6ImNvb2xfdXNlckBibG9vZGhvdW5kZW50ZXJwcmlzZS5pbyIsImlhdCI6MTUxNjIzOTAyMn0.1WWo7XpE9a-v6MQ9tHC8ikxmvmS3PuD7bJyNi4hPr_Y"
  }
}
{
"http_status": 400,
"timestamp": "2024-02-19T19:27:43.866Z",
"request_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
"errors": [
{
"context": "clients",
"message": "The JSON payload could not be unmarshalled."
}
]
}
{
"http_status": 401,
"timestamp": "2024-02-19T19:27:43.866Z",
"request_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
"errors": [
{
"context": "login",
"message": "Unauthorized"
}
]
}
{
"http_status": 403,
"timestamp": "2024-02-19T19:27:43.866Z",
"request_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
"errors": [
{
"context": "clients",
"message": "You do not have permission to access this resource"
}
]
}
{
"http_status": 429,
"timestamp": "2024-02-19T19:27:43.866Z",
"request_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
"errors": [
{
"context": "middleware",
"message": "Too many requests. Please try again later."
}
]
}
{
"http_status": 500,
"timestamp": "2024-02-19T19:27:43.866Z",
"request_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
"errors": [
{
"context": "clients",
"message": "The request could not be handled due to an unexpected database error."
}
]
}
Applies to BloodHound Enterprise and CE

Headers

Prefer
string
default:wait=30

Prefer header, used to specify a custom timeout in seconds using the wait parameter as per RFC7240. Passing in wait=-1 bypasses all timeout limits when the feature is enabled.

Pattern: ^wait=(-1|[0-9]+)$

Body

application/json

The request body for logging into the application. secret or otp is required, but not both.

login_method
enum<string>
required

The type of login. Currently only secret is supported.

Available options:
secret
username
string
required
secret
string

The password for the user. This field can be used instead of otp.

otp
string

The One Time Password for a single login. This field can be used instead of secret

Response

OK

data
object