Service: Authentication

This API is not yet officially released nor maintained.

Service for authentication to the Qb2 device.

Table 1. Available methods
Method	Request	Response
Login	AuthenticationLoginRequest	AuthenticationLoginResponse

User-Accounts managed by Qb2 have to use the Login method with an existing account in order to receive a JWT Token for access to priviliged parts of the device API.

The factory user has the username "admin". The password is printed on the device label.

Request

Request for authentication

Table 2. Available fields in blickfeld.secure.services.AuthenticationLoginRequest
Field	Type	Default	Unit
user	User	-	-
user	Authenticate with user credentials
application	Application	-	-
application	Authenticate with application key credentials

User

User credentials

Table 3. Available fields in blickfeld.secure.services.AuthenticationLoginRequest.User
Field	Type	Default	Unit
name	string	-	-
name	the username
password	string	-	-
password	the password of the user in plain text

Application

Application Key credentials

Table 4. Available fields in blickfeld.secure.services.AuthenticationLoginRequest.Application
Field	Type	Default	Unit
key	string	-	-
key	the key in plain text
http_digest	string	-	-
http_digest	the key as md5 checksum

Response

Response containing the issued JWT token.

Table 5. Available fields in blickfeld.secure.services.AuthenticationLoginResponse
Field	Type	Default	Unit
token	string	-	-
token	The JWT token which needs to be sent with the key "token" in the metadata of a gRPC call. The token is bound to a Service: Session.