# Login

After connecting to the server, the client system needs to log in before it can start sending requests and receiving data.

**XML example**

```xml
<login>
<credential>
<loginname value="pavels"/>
<password value="..."/>
</credential>
</login>
```

**Login reply**\
In order to let the client system know whether the login attempt was successful, the server replies to login messages.

**XML example**

```xml
<login result="valid">
<user bookmakerid="1234"/>
</login>
```

***XML attributes definition***

<table><thead><tr><th width="144.5">Element</th><th width="176.0565185546875">Attributes</th><th>Description</th><th>Possible values</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>login</td><td><em>result</em></td><td>Whether the login was successful or not</td><td>String, possible values:<br>valid = Login succesfull<br>invalid = Login failed</td></tr></tbody></table>

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