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<h1 class="topictitle1">Request</h1>
<div id="body8662426"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1186717482117">This section describes the structure of a REST API request, and uses the IAM API for creating an IAM user as an administrator as an example to demonstrate how to call an API. The user token obtained by this API can then be used to authenticate the calling of other APIs.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p35771017289"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b1457181019285">Request URI</strong></p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p165721016283">A request URI is in the following format:</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1257210162810"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b1492419134362">{URI-scheme}://{Endpoint}/{resource-path}?{query-string}</strong></p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p757191072816">Although a request URI is included in the request header, most programming languages or frameworks require the request URI to be separately transmitted.</p>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_table155227296337" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Parameters in a URI</caption><thead align="left"><tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row752282916336"><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="13.65%" id="mcps1.3.6.2.3.1.1"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p185284413330">Parameter</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row7523629133315"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="13.65%" headers="mcps1.3.6.2.3.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p158521344153314">Endpoint</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="86.35000000000001%" headers="mcps1.3.6.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p35251750163317">Domain name or IP address of the server bearing the REST service. The endpoint varies between services in different regions.</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row8523132913338"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="13.65%" headers="mcps1.3.6.2.3.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1485244410335">resource-path</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="86.35000000000001%" headers="mcps1.3.6.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p8525165017334">Resource path of an API. Obtain the path from the URI of an API. For example, the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b61521716134817">resource-path</strong> of the API for obtaining a user token is <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b16152141616487">/v3/auth/tokens</strong>.</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row185231129123319"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="13.65%" headers="mcps1.3.6.2.3.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p19852154419332">query-string</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="86.35000000000001%" headers="mcps1.3.6.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p152565012338">(Optional) Query parameter. Ensure that a question mark (?) is included in front of each query parameter, which is in the format of <em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_i192083518498">Parameter name</em><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b10204357495">=</strong><em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_i1720183511491">Parameter value</em>. For example, <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b520153544918">?limit=10</strong> indicates that a maximum of 10 data records can be queried.</p>
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<div class="note" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_note11464132214811"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1946572219817">To simplify the URI display, this document provides only the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b122111814175412">resource-path</strong> and request method in the URI of each API. The <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b0522219163913">URI-scheme</strong> of all APIs is <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b18522219143910">https</strong>, and the endpoints in a region are the same.</p>
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<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1313152617291"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b613112642912">Request Methods</strong></p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p613113263299">The HTTP protocol defines the following request methods for sending requests to a server.</p>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_table5981026192920" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 2 </b>HTTP methods</caption><thead align="left"><tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row16131526102914"><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="30%" id="mcps1.3.10.2.3.1.1"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1131326112917">Method</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="70%" headers="mcps1.3.10.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p9131326122915">Requests a server to return specified resources.</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row3131926162916"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="30%" headers="mcps1.3.10.2.3.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p2131132620291">PUT</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="70%" headers="mcps1.3.10.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p113182662916">Requests a server to update specified resources.</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row41311526192917"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="30%" headers="mcps1.3.10.2.3.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p21311265298">POST</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row21311526192915"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="30%" headers="mcps1.3.10.2.3.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1213142613298">DELETE</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="70%" headers="mcps1.3.10.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p513116261297">Requests resource headers from a server.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="70%" headers="mcps1.3.10.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1313111263292">Requests a server to update part of specified resources.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p31311326182915">If the requested resource does not exist, the server may create a resource using the PATCH method.</p>
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<div class="p" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p72479221800">For example, in the URI used to obtain a user token, the request method is POST. The request is as follows:<pre class="screen" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_screen1514113317356">
POST https://iam.eu-de.docs.otc.t-systems.com/v3.0/OS-USER/users
POST https://iam.eu-de.otc.t-systems.com/v3/auth/tokens</pre>
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<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p813112262290"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b3131192613299">Request Header</strong></p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p513172672912">You can add additional fields, such as the fields required by a specified URI or HTTP method, to a request header. For example, to request authentication information, you can add <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b1457352710227">Content-Type</strong> to specify the type of the request body.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1413152652910">For details about common request headers, see <a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_table1510219261292">Table 3</a>.</p>
<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_table1510219261292"></a><a name="en-us_topic_0000002430499185_table1510219261292"></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_table1510219261292" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 3 </b>Common fields in request headers</caption><thead align="left"><tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row18132142662918"><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="19.74%" id="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.1"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p613212262298">Parameter</p>
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<th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="33.650000000000006%" id="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.4"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p51329260299">Example</p>
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<tbody><tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row19132142682915"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="19.74%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p013212614295">Host</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="26.5%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p413282662913">Specifies the server to which a request is sent, which can be obtained from the URL of the service API. The value is in the format of <em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_i2704047113310">Host name:Port number</em>. If the port number is not specified, the default port is used. The default port number for <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b15395162510341">https</strong> is <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b7395162518349">443</strong>.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="20.11%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.3 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1132826202916">No</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1313211265292">This field is mandatory for access key (AK)/secret access key (SK) authentication.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="33.650000000000006%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.4 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p3132126132911">code.test.com</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1213252642916">or</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p3132102602913">code.test.com:443</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row31321526102917"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="19.74%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1013272616291">Content-Type</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="26.5%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1013252616290">Specifies the type (or format) of a message body. The default value <em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_i1588816501510">application/json</em> is recommended. Other values will be described in the specific APIs.</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row41323268292"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="19.74%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p10132126162911">Content-Length</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="26.5%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1413222613291">Specifies the length of a request body, in bytes.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="33.650000000000006%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.4 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p12133926192920">3495</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row91331826192920"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="19.74%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p01338262298">X-Project-Id</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="26.5%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p713362662915">Specifies a project ID. You can obtain the project ID by referring to <a href="vpn_api_0051.html#EN-US_TOPIC_0000001807530332">Obtaining the Project ID</a>.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="20.11%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.3 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p14133826152917">No</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p2133226162911">This field is mandatory for requests that use AK/SK authentication in the Dedicated Cloud (DeC) scenario or multi-project scenario.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="33.650000000000006%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.4 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1013311264292">e9993fc7************baa340f9c0f4</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_row6133192614294"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="19.74%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p13133142618299">X-Auth-Token</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="26.5%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p91331326182913">Specifies a user token.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p121331426182916">A user token is carried in a response to the API for obtaining a user token. This API is the only one that does not require authentication.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p0133112652913">The value of <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b142065810813">X-Subject-Token</strong> in the response header is the token.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="20.11%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.3 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p12133162672911">No</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1113318268295">This field is mandatory for token authentication.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="33.650000000000006%" headers="mcps1.3.15.2.5.1.4 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p81332265291">The following is part of an example token:</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p10133826122918">MIIPAgYJKoZIhvcNAQcCo...ggg1BBIINPXsidG9rZ</p>
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<div class="note" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_note5192144574315"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p613320268299">APIs also support AK/SK authentication, which uses SDKs to sign a request. During the signature, the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b1197310562914">Authorization</strong> (signature authentication) and <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b189733561095">X-Sdk-Date</strong> (time when a request is sent) headers are automatically added to the request.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p719235154312">For details about AK/SK authentication, see <a href="vpn_api_0010.html#EN-US_TOPIC_0000001854169129">Authentication</a>.</p>
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<div class="p" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p13133126172914">The API for obtaining a user token does not require authentication. As such, only the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b1950282216505">Content-Type</strong> field needs to be added to the requests for calling this API. An example of such requests is as follows:<pre class="screen" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_screen612110254390">
POST https://iam.eu-de.otc.t-systems.com/v3/auth/tokensContent-Type:application/json</pre>
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<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p1913362615294"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b313302614296">Request Body</strong></p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p171331026152918">This part is optional. A request body is generally sent in a structured format (for example, JSON or XML), which is specified by <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b272411172915">Content-Type</strong> in the request header. It is used to transfer content other than the request header. If the request body contains full-width characters, these characters must be coded in UTF-8.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p12133142632917">Request bodies vary according to APIs. Some APIs do not require a request body, such as the APIs called using the GET and DELETE methods.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p758344382412">For the API used to obtain a user token, you can obtain the request parameters and parameter description from the API request. The following provides an example request with a body included. Replace <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b4985381161"><em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_i119851685613">username</em></strong>, <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b16985487617"><em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_i1198511817619">domainname</em></strong>, <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b1398510811611"><em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_i169852088610">********</em></strong> (login password), and <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b119856818612"><em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_i129859816616">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</em></strong> (project name, for example, <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b29959293525">eu-de-01</strong>) with the actual values.</p>
<div class="note" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_note538220501961"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p08751754768">The <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b1588045375218">scope</strong> field specifies where a token takes effect. In the following example, the token takes effect only for the resources in a specified project. You can set <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b123241519165311">scope</strong> to an account or a project under an account. In the following example, the token takes effect only in a specified project.</p>
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<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;auth&quot;</span><span class="p">:{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;identity&quot;</span><span class="p">:{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;methods&quot;</span><span class="p">:[</span>
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<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;password&quot;</span><span class="p">:{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;user&quot;</span><span class="p">:{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;name&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="s2">&quot;username&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;password&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="s2">&quot;********&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;domain&quot;</span><span class="p">:{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;name&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="s2">&quot;domainname&quot;</span>
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<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_p513412265296">If all data required by an API request is available, you can send the request to call the API through <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">curl</a>, <a href="https://www.getpostman.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Postman</a>, or coding. In the response to the API for obtaining a user token, <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002441716421__en-us_topic_0000002430499185_b37316471402">x-subject-token</strong> carries a user token. You can use this token to authenticate the calling of other APIs.</p>
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