You could take a look into the user.php at ...\core\vb\api\
Don't know what you like to do exactly, but this should do it, isn't it?
PHP Code:
public function login($username, $password = null, $md5password = null, $md5password_utf = null, $logintype = null)
{
$passwords = array(
'password' => $password,
'md5password' => $md5password,
'md5password_utf' => $md5password_utf,
);
return $this->login2($username, $passwords, array(), $logintype);
}