Title: Wp rest api user validate
Last modified: February 14, 2019

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# Wp rest api user validate

 *  [dileepkumarraja](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dileepkumarraja/)
 * (@dileepkumarraja)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-rest-api-user-validate/)
 * When i’m using rest api with user validate passing the information username and
   password
 * $user = wp_authenticate($username’,$Password’);
 * if password wrong throwing 500 internal server error instead of need to return
   appropriate message.

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-rest-api-user-validate/#post-11207254)
 * Why are you authenticating users? The API either does not need authentication,
   or that authentication already be done through auth cookie or a specific API 
   Authentication plugin. I’m not saying you are wrong in what you are doing, just
   trying to understand the context.
 * Any related errors in the error log?
 * The code you posted has quotes that do not belong. I’m assuming your actual code
   does not have these.

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 * In: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/)
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 * Last reply from: [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-rest-api-user-validate/#post-11207254)
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