POST
/auth/login
Auth Required
User Login
Authenticate user and return JWT token. Use this endpoint to obtain a bearer token for subsequent API calls.
Request/Response Examples
Send username and password to authenticate.
JSON
{
"username": "admin",
"password": "Admin@123"
}
Successful authentication returns JWT token.
JSON
{
"status": "success",
"data": {
"token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...",
"user": {
"id": 1,
"username": "admin",
"email": "admin@hotel.com"
},
"expires_in": 86400
},
"code": 200
}
Code Examples
PHP - Login
PHP example for authentication
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://hotel.webninjaafrica.com/api/auth/login",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
"username" => "admin",
"password" => "Admin@123"
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Content-Type: application/json"]
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
if ($data["status"] === "success") {
$token = $data["data"]["token"];
echo "Login successful! Token: " . $token;
}
curl_close($curl);
?>
Python - Login
Python example for authentication
import requests
url = "https://hotel.webninjaafrica.com/api/auth/login"
payload = {
"username": "admin",
"password": "Admin@123"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload)
data = response.json()
if data["status"] == "success":
token = data["data"]["token"]
print(f"Login successful! Token: {token}")
else:
print("Login failed: " + data["message"])
Node.js - Login
Node.js example for authentication
const axios = require("axios");
async function login() {
try {
const response = await axios.post("https://hotel.webninjaafrica.com/api/auth/login", {
username: "admin",
password: "Admin@123"
});
if (response.data.status === "success") {
const token = response.data.data.token;
console.log(`Login successful! Token: ${token}`);
return token;
}
} catch (error) {
console.error("Login failed:", error.response?.data?.message || error.message);
}
}
login();
cURL - Login
cURL example for authentication
curl -X POST https://hotel.webninjaafrica.com/api/auth/login \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"username":"admin","password":"Admin@123"}'