services login example

login_example.php

<?php

// Login
$login_data = array(
        'username' => 'USER',
        'password' => 'PASSWORD',
);

$base_url = "http://your-awesome-site.com/api";
$req = new HttpRequest("$base_url/user/login.json", HttpRequest::METH_POST);
$req->setRawPostData(json_encode($login_data));
$req->setContentType('application/json');
$req->send();
if ($req->getResponseCode() != 200) {
    print_r($req);
    echo "login failed\n";
    exit;
}
$response = $req->getResponseBody();
$response = json_decode($response);
$session_cookie = array($response->session_name => $response->sessid);