What is the REST (or CLI) API for logging in to Amazon Cognito user pools

Question

How do i make logins happen via Amazon Cognito REST APIs (for user pools) on platforms for which there is no official SDK? - Note that i am asking

Answer 1

One of the developers from AWS Cognito team here.

To add to @md-abdul-munim's answer, we recommend using one of the client side SDKs. If you are building a REST API and then a front end which talks to those APIs, it is better to just integrate Cognito from your front end.

If you absolutely need to use Cognito from a back end, the authentication APIs will be available with our GA release. In our Cognito User Pools beta release authentication is only available through client SDKs.