[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41639: Add user authentication endpoints

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#41639: Add user authentication endpoints
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 Reporter:  crosescu                |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement             |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Login and Registration  |    Version:  4.8.1
 Severity:  normal                  |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                          |
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 We are currently building a React-powered web app using the REST API and I
 need to add user authentication.
 I was looking through the wp-calypso code and I noticed that they are
 using the user authentication endpoints below which is exactly what I need
 for our project:

 ```
 https://wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=login-endpoint
 https://wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=social-login-endpoint
 https://wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=logout-endpoint
 ```

 The above endpoints are used in [wp-calypso](https://github.com/Automattic
 /wp-calypso/blob/master/client/state/login/actions.js)

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