Authenticating a user
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authenticating a logged user through the parse graphql api problem you want to authenticate a logged user in your backend through the parse graphql api solution using the parse graphql api, you can authenticate a logged user just by sending the user’s \<font color="#2166ae">sessiontoken\</font> (that you may have acquired by signing up https //www back4app com/docs/parse graphql/graphql sign up or logging in https //www back4app com/docs/parse graphql/graphql login this user) through the \<font color="#2166ae">x parse session token\</font> header this header can be sent in any operation and it will make this operation to be run in the behavior of the authenticated user the \<font color="#2166ae">x parse session token\</font> can be easily set in the parse dashboard graphql playground through the \<font color="#2166ae">http headers\</font> option in the bottom left side of this tool