elasticsearch/docs/java-rest/high-level/security/authenticate.asciidoc

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:api: authenticate
:response: AuthenticateResponse
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=== Authenticate API

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==== Execution

Authenticating and retrieving information about a user can be performed
using the `security().authenticate()` method:

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This method does not require a request object. The client waits for the
+{response}+ to be returned before continuing with code execution.

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==== Response

The returned +{response}+ contains two fields. Firstly, the `user` field
, accessed with `getUser`, contains all the information about this
authenticated user. The other field, `enabled`, tells if this user is actually
usable or has been temporalily deactivated.

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<1> `getUser` retrieves the `User` instance containing the information,
see {javadoc-client}/security/user/User.html.
<2> `enabled` tells if this user is usable or is deactivated.

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==== Asynchronous Execution

This request can also be executed asynchronously:

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<1> The `ActionListener` to use when the execution completes. This method does
not require a request object.

The asynchronous method does not block and returns immediately. Once the request
has completed the `ActionListener` is called back using the `onResponse` method
if the execution completed successfully or using the `onFailure` method if
it failed.

A typical listener for a +{response}+ looks like:

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<1> Called when the execution completed successfully. The response is
provided as an argument.
<2> Called in case of a failure. The exception is provided as an argument.