(C#) Get Populi Access Key (Token)

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

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

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();

// 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.
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
bool success = rest.Connect("yourcollege.populi.co",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

rest.AddQueryParam("username","POPULI_USERNAME");
rest.AddQueryParam("password","POPULI_PASSWORD");

string responseBody = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/index.php");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Request Header: ");
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastRequestHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("----");
    Debug.WriteLine("Response StatusCode = " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("Response StatusLine: " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
    Debug.WriteLine(responseBody);
    return;
}

Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.Xml();
xml.LoadXml(responseBody);
Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml());

// 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.SaveXml("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml");