# Impersonate a given user. (deprecated)

Use this operation to request an access token to perform other API operations that require authorization.

The authentication response includes an accessToken which is used as the AccessToken request header when performing any authenticated operation.

This operation will also accept the previous authentication response as the request payload to return a refreshed access token.  The access token expires after 1 hour and must be refreshed after expiration, using the included refreshToken.  The refresh token can be used for up to 30 days to request new access tokens, or until the refresh token is revoked.  Once the refresh token expires or is revoked, the user credentials must be provided again to generate a new access token and refresh token.

Endpoint: POST /auth/impersonate
Version: 1.0
Security: ApiKeyAuth, BasicAuth

## Header parameters:

  - `X-API-Key` (string, required)
    Customer-specific API key required to invoke API.

  - `Authorization` (string, required)
    Provided by Authentication Token creation operation

  - `AccessToken` (string, required)
    JWT token provided by Authentication Token creation operation.

  - `Content-Type` (string, required)
    Enum: "application/json"

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `username` (string)
    Use in new token request

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `endpointUrl` (string)
    Example: "https://endpoint.url/v1"

  - `clientId` (string)
    Example: "12345abc"

  - `userPoolId` (string)
    Example: "us-east-1_123456789"

  - `username` (string)
    Example: "username"

  - `password` (string)

  - `session` (object)

  - `session.authorization` (string)
    Example: "eyJraWQiOiJqQWNzNDFBdFBEcXdKTVN6Y0dzV01SNFR0T3hETDhcL3dtOW9qQ0JOWVdqcz0iLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiI0ZmUwZTVhZi0yMjU1LTRiZDUtYjAwYS0yM2FkMTIxZTA2ZjIiLCJhdWQiOiI3c201amlsZG5iZnJyOGNncTNrZWRpZW83IiwiZW1haWxfdmVyaWZpZWQiOmZhbHNlLCJldmVudF9pZCI6IjQ1YWI3YzJjLTJjYWUtNDE2MS1hYmE4LWMyMmIxZmQ5NGViYyIsInRva2VuX3VzZSI6ImlkIiwiYXV0aF90aW1lIjoxNjEzNzUyODE3LCJpc3MiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvY29nbml0by1pZHAudXMtZWFzdC0xLmFtYXpvbmF3cy5jb21cL3VzLWVhc3QtMV9PU2dRdlRhVEEiLCJjb2duaXRvOnVzZXJuYW1lIjoiamVmZiIsImV4cCI6MTYxMzc1NjQyMCwiaWF0IjoxNjEzNzUyODIwLCJlbWFpbCI6ImplZmZAdGVub3Zvcy5jb20ifQ.kzu1AddXc-HIopmmsxnnXjDiKXhOLox6P2Hx5HCg0gzupbjW9hjbMWVl0NIZRgrLJIEkYjTl9zRUre_QpiJdeVdluMVPLi6OfMUy8XskeqrOAUFDr3nqrkt99uR-LSrVd_hI8NSGvRPXEcWXV6A35Nq8_xZ8tHHlWEanGhtNcEPzgWa1JU1LdQPDCtixgwQGhroevX2TByGC_yfbimn9l5JeveQGyWKNIfvUPR9zLu2g8bPgCzCUroNWU1QRh1o-p1-8lMVwyROl3mIiCfSTo_QwtLArcFTJi5MyMsWCwWHXV"

  - `session.refreshToken` (string)

  - `session.accessToken` (string)
    Example: "eyJraWQiOiJITk5BbmN6bW1NajFaMUlGNXE3SXdzM3RvbE1QWnFYRjBWVFVzUGQyTnc4PSIsImFsZyI6IlJTMjU2In0.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.COepDhay_VaqCHJwNOT"

  - `session.expireEpoch` (number)
    Example: 1546300800000

## Response 400 fields (application/json):

  - `status` (string)
    Example: "error"

  - `message` (string)
    Example: "Detailed Error Message"

## Response 401 fields (application/json):

  - `status` (string)
    Example: "error"

  - `message` (string)
    Example: "Detailed Error Message"

## Response 403 fields (application/json):

  - `status` (string)
    Example: "error"

  - `message` (string)
    Example: "Detailed Error Message"

## Response 422 fields (application/json):

  - `status` (string)
    Example: "error"

  - `message` (string)
    Example: "Detailed Error Message"