logIn

This method authenticates and logs in the user. It reproduces the login process to your LogMeIn Rescue account.

Note: For information about the different authentication methods, see Options for Authenticating with Rescue API.

Input Parameters

Element	Description
`email`	The email address of the Rescue account that you want to log in. Required.
`pwd`	The password of the corresponding Rescue account. Required.

Return Values

Displayed Return Value	Description
`ERROR`	An unspecified error occurred.
`OK`	The user successfully logged in.
`INVALID`	Login failed because at least one of the input values is incorrect.
`LIMITREACHED`	The logIn method was called more than ten times in three minutes. Note: If you want to log in more often, use the requestAuthCode API method. Once you are logged in, the authcode prevents you from logging out if there is a timeout.

Sample Code

The following are examples for using the logIn method that you can call in your environment.

HTTP GET

https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/API/login.aspx?email=some@email.com&pwd=secretPassword

HTTP POST

<form method="post" action="https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/API/login.aspx">
        <input name="email" value="some@email.com">
        <input name="pwd" value="secretPassword">
</form>

SOAP

For sample SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 request and response messages, visit https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/api/API.asmx?op=login.

PHP with SOAP

The example values shown must be replaced with actual values.

<?php
$soapclient = new SoapClient("https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/api/api.asmx?wsdl");

//define parameters
$loginparams = array (
'sEmail' => 'some@email.com',
'sPassword' => 'secretPassword'
);

//login
$loginResult = $soapclient->login($loginparams);

//print the result
echo "<b>Login full response.</b><br />";		//formatting
print_r($loginResult);
echo "<br /><br />";					//formatting

?>

C# with HttpWebRequest

The example values shown must be replaced with actual values.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 <% 
     string sEndpoint = "https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/API/login.aspx";
     string sEmail = "some@email.com";
     string sPwd = "secretPassword";

     System.Net.HttpWebRequest oReq =
         (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(sEndpoint + "?email=" 
+ sEmail + "&pwd=" + sPwd);
System.Net.HttpWebResponse oResp = (System.Net.HttpWebResponse)oReq.GetResponse();

string sResp = new System.IO.StreamReader(oResp.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd();
Response.Write(sResp);  //You can customize the response 

%>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Rescue API Login Test</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

C# with SOAP

The example values shown must be replaced with actual values.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<%@ Import Namespace="System"%>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Net"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Rescue API Login Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    <%
       //create a proxy for the SOAP requests       
       WebServiceClients.API proxy = new WebServiceClients.API();
       
       //set up variables
       string sEmail = "some@email.com";
       string sPwd = "secretPassword";
        
       //Initiate an API login
          WebServiceClients.loginRet loginResult = proxy.login(sEmail,sPwd);
          Response.Write(loginResult);            
                
         %>µ
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>