I’ve read through the docs, but it doesn’t tell me how to get a token. This should be obvious, I know… Sorry…

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    1 year ago

    The API uses the same system as the normal lemmy-ui website login. There is a login API call where you get a JWT token that is used with the auth parameter on other API calls (such as creating a comment or post that requires login).

    JavaScript example:

        http://lemmy.world/api/v3/user/login
    
        jsonBody= JSON.stringify( {
            username_or_email: "username",
            password: "secretpassword"
            } );
    

    Also found this bash shell script example: https://lemmy.ml/post/1829749