login()

Log in to Fauna.

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login(password: String): Token | NullToken

login(password: String, ttl Time): Token | NullToken

Description

Authenticates an identity in Fauna by providing the password for a Credential document. A successful login() creates a corresponding document in the Token collection. Attempts to login with an incorrect password result in an invalid_secret error. You can call Credential.update() to set a new password.

If you call this method multiple times, it creates multiple tokens. This is because an identity may have multiple tokens that can access multiple devices simultaneously.

Parameters

Parameter Type Required Description

password

String

Yes

Credential document password.

ttl

Time

Timestamp indicating a document lifespan. When the ttl is reached, Fauna removes it. If ttl isn’t set, its default value is null, which causes the document to persist indefinitely or until deleted.

Return value

Type Description

Token

Login token, which includes the secret key.

Examples

The following simplified sequence creates a user and associates credentials with the user, which can then be used to log in.

  1. Create a user in the example Person collection:

    Person.create({
  name: "mario",
  email: "mario@hello.com",
  password: "sekret"
})
    {
  id: "373273910203908129",
  coll: Person,
  ts: Time("2023-08-17T02:49:51.180Z"),
  name: "mario",
  email: "mario@hello.com",
  password: "sekret"
}

  2. Create a user credential, including the password:

    Credentials.create({
  document: Person.byId("373273910203908129"),
  password: "sekret"
})
    {
  id: "373273931423940641",
  coll: Credential,
  ts: Time("2023-08-17T02:50:11.420Z"),
  document: Person.byId("373273910203908129")
}

  3. Log in with a password:

    Credentials.byId("373273931423940641")!.login("sekret")
    {
  id: "373274451635077153",
  coll: Token,
  ts: Time("2023-08-17T02:58:27.540Z"),
  document: Person.byId("373273910203908129"),
  secret: "fnEFLiMi1XAAIQUh3mNk4AAhMPnjoGQZDiyoEG89cM40a9_sDrw"
}

You can also combine the procedure into a single expression:

Credential.byDocument(Person.byId("373273910203908129"))!.login("sekret")

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