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# Start Web Session Login

GET http://localhost:8080/apis/auth/v2/login

Reference: https://docs.nvidia.com/nemo-helix/documentation/reference/api-reference/authentication/start-web-session-login-apis-auth-v-2-login-get

## Request

### Query parameters

- `return_to` (string, optional, default: /)
- `client` (enum, optional, default: confidential)
  - Allowed values: `public`, `confidential`

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

OIDC server-side login is not configured or is unavailable

- `detail` (string, required) — A human-readable error message describing what went wrong.

## Types

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)
- `input` (any, optional)
- `ctx` (map from string to any, optional)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

- string
- integer

## Examples

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "http://localhost:8080/apis/auth/v2/login"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/apis/auth/v2/login';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```