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# Create a website login link

POST https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/sites/{site}/login

Creates a single-use link that signs you in to the website's WordPress dashboard as its default WordPress user, without a password. Open `meta.login_url` in a browser; it stays valid for 10 minutes and the answer also carries `meta.expires_at`. A successful login is recorded in the organization's activity.

**Errors**
- **400**: the website is not connected, or has no WordPress user synchronized yet.
- **404**: the member cannot sign in to this website.
- **503**: Modular DS cannot issue the link right now because the store that keeps the single-use link is unavailable. Retry in a moment.

Reference: https://api.docs.modulards.com/modular-ds-public-api/websites/connection/create-a-website-login-link

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Personal access token created in the Modular DS dashboard; read-only tokens can only call GET endpoints.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `site` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

200 - Login link issued

- `jsonapi` (ApiPublicV1SitesSiteLoginPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaJsonapi, optional)
- `meta` (ApiPublicV1SitesSiteLoginPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaMeta, optional)

## Types

### ApiPublicV1SitesSiteLoginPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaJsonapi

- `version` (string, optional)

### ApiPublicV1SitesSiteLoginPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaMeta

- `expires_at` (datetime, optional) — When the login link stops working, 10 minutes after it was issued.
- `login_url` (string, optional) — Single-use URL that signs in to the website's WordPress dashboard when opened in a browser.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "jsonapi": {
    "version": "1.1"
  },
  "meta": {
    "expires_at": "2026-09-17T10:10:00.000000Z",
    "login_url": "https://api.modulards.com/api/sites/123/login/redirect?expires=1789650000&nonce=FAKE_NONCE&origin=public&signature=FAKE_SIGNATURE&user=456"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python 200 - Login link issued
import requests

url = "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/sites/site/login"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript 200 - Login link issued
const url = 'https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/sites/site/login';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go 200 - Login link issued
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/sites/site/login"

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby 200 - Login link issued
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/sites/site/login")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java 200 - Login link issued
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/sites/site/login")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php 200 - Login link issued
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/sites/site/login', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp 200 - Login link issued
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/sites/site/login");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift 200 - Login link issued
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/sites/site/login")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```