API Method: smugmug.login.withPassword

This method establishes a session and logs a user in based on the specified email address and password.

NOTE: This is a plaintext password, and thus, should only be sent via SSL.

Most of the other methods require a SessionID, which is returned by this method. Store temporarily and re-use it for all other methods which require SessionID.

Arguments:

• EmailAddress
• Password
• APIKey
  • details

Result:

• struct
  • String "SessionID"
  • String "UserID"?
  • String "NickName"?
  • String "DisplayName"
    
  • String "PasswordHash"
  • String "AccountType"
  • int "FileSizeLimit"

Fault Codes:

• 1 - "invalid login"
• 5 - "system error"
• 11 - "ancient version"

Using REST from PHP Example:

<?php
$base = 'https://api.smugmug.com/hack/rest/1.1.1/';
$query_string = '';
$params = array(
'method' => "smugmug.login.withPassword",
'EmailAddress' => 'YourSmugmugNickName',
'Password' => 'YourSmugmugPassword',
'APIKey' => 'YourSmugmugAPIKey'
);
foreach ($params as $key => $value) {
$query_string .= "$key=" . urlencode($value) . "&";
}
$url = "$base?$query_string";
$xml = file_get_contents($url);
echo "$xml\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n";
?>