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# Authenticate

gRPC UNARY

Authenticate validates user credentials and creates a session
 Returns session information and sets a session cookie for subsequent requests

Reference: https://docs.proto.xyz/fleet/api-reference/api-reference/auth-v-1/auth-service/auth-v-1-authenticate