Login With Nintendo Switch Device Id

Signs the user in using a Nintendo Switch Device ID, returning a session identifier that can subsequently be used for API calls which require an authenticated user

Error codes

This operation may return the following PlayFab errors:

Error	Code
EvaluationModePlayerCountExceeded	1490
InvalidSignature	1273
InvalidSignatureTime	1324
PlayerCreationDisabled	22000
PlayerSecretAlreadyConfigured	1294
PlayerSecretNotConfigured	1323
RequestViewConstraintParamsNotAllowed	1303

POST

Client

LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId

curl --request POST \
  --url https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "NintendoSwitchDeviceId": "526f79204261747479",
  "CreateAccount": false,
  "TitleId": "144"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId"

payload = {
    "NintendoSwitchDeviceId": "526f79204261747479",
    "CreateAccount": False,
    "TitleId": "144"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    NintendoSwitchDeviceId: '526f79204261747479',
    CreateAccount: false,
    TitleId: '144'
  })
};

fetch('https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'NintendoSwitchDeviceId' => '526f79204261747479',
    'CreateAccount' => false,
    'TitleId' => '144'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"NintendoSwitchDeviceId\": \"526f79204261747479\",\n  \"CreateAccount\": false,\n  \"TitleId\": \"144\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"NintendoSwitchDeviceId\": \"526f79204261747479\",\n  \"CreateAccount\": false,\n  \"TitleId\": \"144\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"NintendoSwitchDeviceId\": \"526f79204261747479\",\n  \"CreateAccount\": false,\n  \"TitleId\": \"144\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "code": 200,
  "status": "OK",
  "data": {
    "SessionTicket": "50DF92E291CCD4C3---A54F-8D3909FF54DEE10-B7817722BC94E536.A6DCCFE1C9709ABB",
    "PlayFabId": "50DF92E291CCD4C3"
  }
}

{
  "code": 123,
  "errorCode": 123,
  "status": "<string>",
  "error": "<string>",
  "errorMessage": "<string>",
  "errorDetails": {}
}

Body

application/json

TitleId

string

required

Unique identifier for the title, found in the Settings > Game Properties section of the PlayFab developer site when a title has been selected.

CreateAccount

boolean

Automatically create a PlayFab account if one is not currently linked to this ID.

CustomTags

object

The optional custom tags associated with the request (e.g. build number, external trace identifiers, etc.).

EncryptedRequest

string

Base64 encoded body that is encrypted with the Title's public RSA key.

InfoRequestParameters

object

Flags for which pieces of info to return for the user.

Show child attributes

Example:

{
  "GetUserAccountInfo": true,
  "GetUserVirtualCurrency": true,
  "GetUserData": true,
  "UserDataKeys": ["preferences", "progress"]
}

NintendoSwitchDeviceId

string

Nintendo Switch unique identifier for the user's device.

PlayerSecret

string

Player secret that is used to verify API request signatures.

Response

code

integer

The Http status code. If X-ReportErrorAsSuccess header is set to true, this will report the actual http error code.

status

string

The Http status code as a string.

data

object

Show child attributes

Example:

{
  "SessionTicket": "50DF92E291CCD4C3---A54F-8D3909FF54DEE10-B7817722BC94E536.A6DCCFE1C9709ABB",
  "PlayFabId": "50DF92E291CCD4C3"
}

Last modified on October 1, 2026

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curl --request POST \
  --url https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "NintendoSwitchDeviceId": "526f79204261747479",
  "CreateAccount": false,
  "TitleId": "144"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId"

payload = {
    "NintendoSwitchDeviceId": "526f79204261747479",
    "CreateAccount": False,
    "TitleId": "144"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    NintendoSwitchDeviceId: '526f79204261747479',
    CreateAccount: false,
    TitleId: '144'
  })
};

fetch('https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'NintendoSwitchDeviceId' => '526f79204261747479',
    'CreateAccount' => false,
    'TitleId' => '144'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"NintendoSwitchDeviceId\": \"526f79204261747479\",\n  \"CreateAccount\": false,\n  \"TitleId\": \"144\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"NintendoSwitchDeviceId\": \"526f79204261747479\",\n  \"CreateAccount\": false,\n  \"TitleId\": \"144\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithNintendoSwitchDeviceId")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"NintendoSwitchDeviceId\": \"526f79204261747479\",\n  \"CreateAccount\": false,\n  \"TitleId\": \"144\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "code": 200,
  "status": "OK",
  "data": {
    "SessionTicket": "50DF92E291CCD4C3---A54F-8D3909FF54DEE10-B7817722BC94E536.A6DCCFE1C9709ABB",
    "PlayFabId": "50DF92E291CCD4C3"
  }
}

{
  "code": 123,
  "errorCode": 123,
  "status": "<string>",
  "error": "<string>",
  "errorMessage": "<string>",
  "errorDetails": {}
}

PlayFab API

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Login With Nintendo Switch Device Id

Error codes

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Response