Version: Next

DefaultIdentityClient.authenticate()

Warning: This API is now obsolete.

You should start to use getIdentity instead of authenticate to retrieve the user identity.

Verifies the given backstage identity token Returns a BackstageIdentity (user) matching the token. The method throws an error if verification fails.

Signature:

authenticate(token: string | undefined): Promise<BackstageIdentityResponse>;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
token	string \| undefined

**Returns:**

Promise<BackstageIdentityResponse>