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Endpoint
POST /users/{user_id}/impersonate
Use this endpoint to obtain an impersonation URL to login as another user. Useful for troubleshooting.
Remarks
- This endpoint can only be used with Global Client credentials.
- To distinguish between real logins and impersonation logins, the profile of the impersonated user will contain additional impersonated and impersonator properties. For example:
"impersonated": true, "impersonator": {"user_id": "auth0|...", "email": "admin@example.com"}. - For a regular web app, you should set the
additionalParameters: set theresponse_typeto becode, thecallback_urlto be the callback URL to which Auth0 will redirect with the authorization code, and thescopeto be the JWT claims that you want included in the JWT.
Body Parameters
Response Messages
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| 200 | Successful impersonation URL retrieval |