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POST
/
v1
/
b2b
/
impersonation
/
authenticate
C#
// POST /v1/b2b/impersonation/authenticate
const stytch = require('stytch');

const client = new stytch.B2BClient({
  project_id: '${projectId}',
  secret: '${secret}',
});

const params = {
  impersonation_token: "${token}",
};

client.Impersonation.Authenticate(params)
  .then(resp => { console.log(resp) })
  .catch(err => { console.log(err) });
{
  "request_id": "<string>",
  "member_id": "<string>",
  "organization_id": "<string>",
  "member": {
    "organization_id": "<string>",
    "member_id": "<string>",
    "email_address": "<string>",
    "status": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>",
    "sso_registrations": [
      {
        "connection_id": "<string>",
        "external_id": "<string>",
        "registration_id": "<string>",
        "sso_attributes": {}
      }
    ],
    "is_breakglass": true,
    "member_password_id": "<string>",
    "oauth_registrations": [
      {
        "provider_type": "<string>",
        "provider_subject": "<string>",
        "member_oauth_registration_id": "<string>",
        "profile_picture_url": "<string>",
        "locale": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "email_address_verified": true,
    "mfa_phone_number_verified": true,
    "is_admin": true,
    "totp_registration_id": "<string>",
    "retired_email_addresses": [
      {
        "email_id": "<string>",
        "email_address": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "is_locked": true,
    "mfa_enrolled": true,
    "mfa_phone_number": "<string>",
    "default_mfa_method": "<string>",
    "roles": [
      {
        "role_id": "<string>",
        "sources": [
          {
            "type": "<string>",
            "details": {}
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "trusted_metadata": {},
    "untrusted_metadata": {},
    "created_at": "<string>",
    "updated_at": "<string>",
    "scim_registration": {
      "connection_id": "<string>",
      "registration_id": "<string>",
      "external_id": "<string>",
      "scim_attributes": {
        "user_name": "<string>",
        "id": "<string>",
        "external_id": "<string>",
        "active": true,
        "groups": [
          {
            "value": "<string>",
            "display": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "display_name": "<string>",
        "nick_name": "<string>",
        "profile_url": "<string>",
        "user_type": "<string>",
        "title": "<string>",
        "preferred_language": "<string>",
        "locale": "<string>",
        "timezone": "<string>",
        "emails": [
          {
            "value": "<string>",
            "type": "<string>",
            "primary": true
          }
        ],
        "phone_numbers": [
          {
            "value": "<string>",
            "type": "<string>",
            "primary": true
          }
        ],
        "addresses": [
          {
            "formatted": "<string>",
            "street_address": "<string>",
            "locality": "<string>",
            "region": "<string>",
            "postal_code": "<string>",
            "country": "<string>",
            "type": "<string>",
            "primary": true
          }
        ],
        "ims": [
          {
            "value": "<string>",
            "type": "<string>",
            "primary": true
          }
        ],
        "photos": [
          {
            "value": "<string>",
            "type": "<string>",
            "primary": true
          }
        ],
        "entitlements": [
          {
            "value": "<string>",
            "type": "<string>",
            "primary": true
          }
        ],
        "roles": [
          {
            "value": "<string>",
            "type": "<string>",
            "primary": true
          }
        ],
        "x509certificates": [
          {
            "value": "<string>",
            "type": "<string>",
            "primary": true
          }
        ],
        "name": {
          "formatted": "<string>",
          "family_name": "<string>",
          "given_name": "<string>",
          "middle_name": "<string>",
          "honorific_prefix": "<string>",
          "honorific_suffix": "<string>"
        },
        "enterprise_extension": {
          "employee_number": "<string>",
          "cost_center": "<string>",
          "division": "<string>",
          "department": "<string>",
          "organization": "<string>",
          "manager": {
            "value": "<string>",
            "ref": "<string>",
            "display_name": "<string>"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "external_id": "<string>",
    "lock_created_at": "<string>",
    "lock_expires_at": "<string>"
  },
  "session_token": "<string>",
  "session_jwt": "<string>",
  "organization": {
    "organization_id": "<string>",
    "organization_name": "<string>",
    "organization_logo_url": "<string>",
    "organization_slug": "<string>",
    "sso_jit_provisioning": "<string>",
    "sso_jit_provisioning_allowed_connections": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "sso_active_connections": [
      {
        "connection_id": "<string>",
        "display_name": "<string>",
        "identity_provider": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "email_allowed_domains": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "email_jit_provisioning": "<string>",
    "email_invites": "<string>",
    "auth_methods": "<string>",
    "allowed_auth_methods": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "mfa_policy": "<string>",
    "rbac_email_implicit_role_assignments": [
      {
        "domain": "<string>",
        "role_id": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "mfa_methods": "<string>",
    "allowed_mfa_methods": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "oauth_tenant_jit_provisioning": "<string>",
    "claimed_email_domains": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "first_party_connected_apps_allowed_type": "<string>",
    "allowed_first_party_connected_apps": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "third_party_connected_apps_allowed_type": "<string>",
    "allowed_third_party_connected_apps": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "custom_roles": [
      {
        "role_id": "<string>",
        "description": "<string>",
        "permissions": [
          {
            "resource_id": "<string>",
            "actions": [
              "<string>"
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "trusted_metadata": {},
    "created_at": "<string>",
    "updated_at": "<string>",
    "organization_external_id": "<string>",
    "sso_default_connection_id": "<string>",
    "scim_active_connection": {
      "connection_id": "<string>",
      "display_name": "<string>",
      "bearer_token_last_four": "<string>",
      "bearer_token_expires_at": "<string>"
    },
    "allowed_oauth_tenants": {}
  },
  "intermediate_session_token": "<string>",
  "member_authenticated": true,
  "status_code": 123,
  "member_session": {
    "member_session_id": "<string>",
    "member_id": "<string>",
    "started_at": "<string>",
    "last_accessed_at": "<string>",
    "expires_at": "<string>",
    "authentication_factors": [
      {
        "type": "magic_link",
        "delivery_method": "email",
        "last_authenticated_at": "<string>",
        "created_at": "<string>",
        "updated_at": "<string>",
        "email_factor": {
          "email_id": "<string>",
          "email_address": "<string>"
        },
        "phone_number_factor": {
          "phone_id": "<string>",
          "phone_number": "<string>"
        },
        "google_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "microsoft_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "apple_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "webauthn_factor": {
          "webauthn_registration_id": "<string>",
          "domain": "<string>",
          "user_agent": "<string>"
        },
        "authenticator_app_factor": {
          "totp_id": "<string>"
        },
        "github_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "recovery_code_factor": {
          "totp_recovery_code_id": "<string>"
        },
        "facebook_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "crypto_wallet_factor": {
          "crypto_wallet_id": "<string>",
          "crypto_wallet_address": "<string>",
          "crypto_wallet_type": "<string>"
        },
        "amazon_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "bitbucket_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "coinbase_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "discord_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "figma_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "git_lab_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "instagram_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "linked_in_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "shopify_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "slack_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "snapchat_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "spotify_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "steam_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "tik_tok_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "twitch_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "twitter_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "embeddable_magic_link_factor": {
          "embedded_id": "<string>"
        },
        "biometric_factor": {
          "biometric_registration_id": "<string>"
        },
        "saml_sso_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_id": "<string>",
          "external_id": "<string>"
        },
        "oidc_sso_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_id": "<string>",
          "external_id": "<string>"
        },
        "salesforce_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "yahoo_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "hubspot_oauth_factor": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "provider_subject": "<string>",
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "slack_oauth_exchange_factor": {
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "hubspot_oauth_exchange_factor": {
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "github_oauth_exchange_factor": {
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "google_oauth_exchange_factor": {
          "email_id": "<string>"
        },
        "impersonated_factor": {
          "impersonator_id": "<string>",
          "impersonator_email_address": "<string>"
        },
        "oauth_access_token_exchange_factor": {
          "client_id": "<string>"
        },
        "trusted_auth_token_factor": {
          "token_id": "<string>"
        }
      }
    ],
    "organization_id": "<string>",
    "roles": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "organization_slug": "<string>",
    "custom_claims": {}
  },
  "mfa_required": {
    "member_options": {
      "mfa_phone_number": "<string>",
      "totp_registration_id": "<string>"
    },
    "secondary_auth_initiated": "<string>"
  }
}

Documentation Index

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Authenticate an impersonation token to impersonate a . This endpoint requires an impersonation token that is not expired or previously used. A Stytch session will be created for the impersonated member with a 60 minute duration. Impersonated sessions cannot be extended. Prior to this step, you can generate an impersonation token by visiting the Stytch Dashboard, viewing a member, and clicking the Impersonate Member button.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Basic authentication header of the form Basic <encoded-value>, where <encoded-value> is the base64-encoded string username:password.

Body

application/json

Request type

​
impersonation_token
string
required

The Member Impersonation token to authenticate. Expires in 5 minutes by default.

Response

Successful response

​
request_id
string
required

Globally unique UUID that is returned with every API call. This value is important to log for debugging purposes; we may ask for this value to help identify a specific API call when helping you debug an issue.

​
member_id
string
required

Globally unique UUID that identifies a specific Member.

​
organization_id
string
required

Globally unique UUID that identifies a specific Organization. The organization_id is critical to perform operations on an Organization, so be sure to preserve this value.

​
member
object
required
​
session_token
string
required

A secret token for a given Stytch Session.

​
session_jwt
string
required

The JSON Web Token (JWT) for a given Stytch Session.

​
organization
object
required
​
intermediate_session_token
string
required

Successfully authenticating an impersonation token will never result in an intermediate session. If the token is valid, a full session will be created.

​
member_authenticated
boolean
required

The member will always be fully authenticated if an impersonation token is successfully authenticated.

​
status_code
integer<int32>
required

The HTTP status code of the response. Stytch follows standard HTTP response status code patterns, e.g. 2XX values equate to success, 3XX values are redirects, 4XX are client errors, and 5XX are server errors.

​
member_session
object

The Session object for the impersonated Member.

​
mfa_required
object

MFA will not be required when authenticating impersonation tokens.