# Cognito - API Calls

## Cognito API Calls

Here are some popular Cognito API calls and what they do :-

* `cognito-idp:get-user` : API call to fetch user details associated with the access token
* `cognito-identity:get-id` : API call to fetch the identity id from Cognito Indentity Pool ID.
* `cognito-identity:get-credentials-for-identity` : API call to fetch the STS tokens using the IdentityID.
* `cognito-idp:initiate-auth` : API call to initiate authentication and fetch the AccessToken & TokenId by passing the authentication credentials.
* `cognito-identity:get-credentials-for-identity` : API call to fetch the STS tokens for authenticated users by passing the TokenId and Cognito User Pool Id.