Create a local human principal

Overview

Create a local human principal. The authentication API establishes identity and manages the roles, grants, sessions, and service credentials used for authorization.

When to use it

• Use it when an application needs to create a local human principal.
• Use it when a client needs to sign in, inspect its identity, or an administrator needs to manage access.

Quick example

Set the base URL and replace generated identifiers or credentials with values from your installation.

curl --request POST \
  --url "$ORDINATE_URL/v1/auth/principals" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $ORDINATE_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
    "username": "string",
    "password": "string"
  }'

{
  "principal_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
  "kind": "string",
  "subject": "string",
  "display": "string",
  "disabled": false,
  "valid_from_ns": 0,
  "valid_to_ns": 0,
  "tx_id": 0
}

The cURL request sends the smallest contract-derived body and asks OrdinateDB to create a local human principal. The documented 201 response is principal created; credentials are never returned.

How it works

Reference

Required capability

admin

Authorization scope

handler-resolved target

{
  "username": "string",
  "password": "string"
}

{
  "principal_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
  "kind": "string",
  "subject": "string",
  "display": "string",
  "disabled": false,
  "valid_from_ns": 0,
  "valid_to_ns": 0,
  "tx_id": 0
}

{
  "error": "string",
  "code": "account-sealed",
  "correlation_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001"
}

{
  "error": "string",
  "code": "account-sealed",
  "correlation_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001"
}

{
  "error": "string",
  "code": "account-sealed",
  "correlation_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001"
}

{
  "error": "string",
  "code": "account-sealed",
  "correlation_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001"
}

{
  "error": "string",
  "code": "account-sealed",
  "correlation_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001"
}

Code examples

These examples are generated from the source contract. Replace the base URL, credentials, identifiers, and minimal generated values for your instance.

const ordinateUrl = "http://localhost:8080";
const token = "<bearer-token>";

const response = await fetch(`${ordinateUrl}/v1/auth/principals`, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "username": "string",
  "password": "string"
})
});

if (!response.ok) {
  throw new Error(`OrdinateDB returned ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
}

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);