# authenticate · FT4 Rell API · Chromia Docs (concept)

> function authenticate(): account calls authenticate_and_return_context and returns just the account Returns the account the user authenticated as

Source: https://docs.chromia.com/pages/ft4-rell/-f-t4-library/lib.ft4.core.auth/authenticate/

FUNCTION

# authenticate

```signature
function authenticate(): account
```

[Source](https://gitlab.com/chromaway/ft4-lib/-/blob/development/rell/src/lib/ft4/core/auth/authentication.rell#lines-164)

calls authenticate\_and\_return\_context and returns just the account

**Returns**

the account the user authenticated as

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