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# Logout

# Package: headless

# Namespace: AuthenticationService

# Method link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-management/headless/authentication/logout.md

## Introduction

Terminates the member's session and clears authentication cookies.

Returns the following:
- `body`: HTML content for the logout response
- `statusCode`: HTTP status code (200 for success, 302 for redirect)
- `headers`: Array of key-value pairs including:
- `Set-Cookie` headers to remove all session cookies
- `Location` header (when `postLogoutRedirectUri` is provided, with 302 status)

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## REST API

### Schema

```
 Method: logout
 Description: Terminates the member's session and clears authentication cookies.  Returns the following: - `body`: HTML content for the logout response - `statusCode`: HTTP status code (200 for success, 302 for redirect) - `headers`: Array of key-value pairs including: - `Set-Cookie` headers to remove all session cookies - `Location` header (when `postLogoutRedirectUri` is provided, with 302 status)
 URL: https://www.wixapis.com/v1/logout
 Method: GET
 Method parameters:
   query param name: clientId | type: clientId | description: Client identifier for the logout request.  Identifies the application or client initiating the logout. 
   query param name: postLogoutRedirectUri | type: postLogoutRedirectUri | description: URL to redirect to after logout.  Optional redirect destination after the logout process completes. 
 Return type: RawHttpResponse
  - name: body | type: bytes | description:  
  - name: statusCode | type: integer | description:  
  - name: headers | type: array<HeadersEntry> | description:  
     - name: key | type: string | description:  
     - name: value | type: string | description:  


```

### Examples

### Log out a member
Logs out the current member and redirects to a specified URL

```curl
curl -X POST \
'https://www.wixapis.com/authentication/v1/logout' \
-H 'Authorization: <AUTH>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "postLogoutRedirectUri": "https://mysite.com/goodbye",
  "clientId": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012"
}'
```

### Log out a member
Logs out the current member

```curl
# Example 1: Simple logout
curl -X GET \
'https://www.wixapis.com/authentication/v1/logout' \
-H 'Authorization: <AUTH>'
```

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## JavaScript SDK

### Schema

```
 Method: wixClientAdmin.headless.AuthenticationService.logout(options)
 Description: Terminates the member's session and clears authentication cookies.  Returns the following: - `body`: HTML content for the logout response - `statusCode`: HTTP status code (200 for success, 302 for redirect) - `headers`: Array of key-value pairs including: - `Set-Cookie` headers to remove all session cookies - `Location` header (when `postLogoutRedirectUri` is provided, with 302 status)
 Method parameters:
   param name: options | type: LogoutOptions  none 
        - name: postLogoutRedirectUri | type: string | description: URL to redirect to after logout.  Optional redirect destination after the logout process completes. 
        - name: clientId | type: string | description: Client identifier for the logout request.  Identifies the application or client initiating the logout. 
 Return type: PROMISE<RawHttpResponse>
  - name: body | type: bytes | description:  
  - name: statusCode | type: integer | description:  
  - name: headers | type: array<HeadersEntry> | description:  
     - name: key | type: string | description:  
     - name: value | type: string | description:  


```

### Examples

### logout
```javascript
import { authentication } from '@wix/identity';

async function logout(options) {
  const response = await authentication.logout(options);
};
```

### logout (with elevated permissions)
```javascript
import { authentication } from '@wix/identity';
import { auth } from '@wix/essentials';

async function myLogoutMethod(options) {
  const elevatedLogout = auth.elevate(authentication.logout);
  const response = await elevatedLogout(options);
}
```

### logout (self-hosted)
Self-hosted SDK calls require you to [create a client](https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/articles/work-with-the-sdk/about-the-wix-client.md).

```javascript
import { createClient } from '@wix/sdk';
import { authentication } from '@wix/identity';
// Import the auth strategy for the relevant access type
// Import the relevant host module if needed

const myWixClient = createClient ({
  modules: { authentication },
  // Include the auth strategy and host as relevant
});


async function logout(options) {
  const response = await myWixClient.authentication.logout(options);
};
```

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