Lua

Get Populi Access Key (Token)

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Demonstrates how to authenticate and obtain an access key using a username and password. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

local rest = chilkat.Rest.new()

-- Connect using TLS.
-- A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Populi REST API calls.
-- The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
-- then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
local bAutoReconnect = true
local success = rest:connect("yourcollege.populi.co", 443, true, bAutoReconnect)
if not success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

rest:add_query_param("username", "POPULI_USERNAME")
rest:add_query_param("password", "POPULI_PASSWORD")

local responseBody = rest:full_request_form_url_encoded("POST", "/api/index.php")
if not rest.last_method_success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if rest.response_status_code ~= 200 then
    print("Request Header: ")
    print(rest.last_request_header)
    print("----")
    print("Response StatusCode = " .. rest.response_status_code)
    print("Response StatusLine: " .. rest.response_status_text)
    print("Response Header:")
    print(rest.response_header)
    print("Response Body:")
    print(responseBody)
    return
end

local xml = chilkat.Xml.new()
xml:load_xml(responseBody)
print(xml:get_xml())

-- Sample response:
-- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-- <response>
-- <access_key>63481e36023b5d ... 76d0dbc314</access_key>
--     <accountid>19999999</accountid>
--     <accounttype>PERSON</accounttype>
-- </response>

-- Save the XML to a file for subsequent requests..
xml:save_xml("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml")