# Authenticate

Login to Violet using your App Secret and App Id, retrieved from channel.violet.io. This is required to receive an Access Token, which is used to authenticate requests made to Violet.

{% openapi src="<https://3937396275-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8lXIp71Ct5qCUhXjko2q%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-670a4e234cc11a295d9996f677a5ab50b430eb8f%2Fuser-service.yaml?alt=media>" path="/login" method="post" expanded="true" %}
[user-service.yaml](https://3937396275-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8lXIp71Ct5qCUhXjko2q%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-670a4e234cc11a295d9996f677a5ab50b430eb8f%2Fuser-service.yaml?alt=media)
{% endopenapi %}