B4X

Get Populi Access Key (Token)

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Demonstrates how to authenticate and obtain an access key using a username and password. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim rest As ChilkatRest
rest.Initialize("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.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("yourcollege.populi.co", 443, True, bAutoReconnect)
If success <> True Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


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

Dim responseBody As String = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST", "/api/index.php")
If rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
If rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200 Then
    Log("Request Header: ")
    Log(rest.LastRequestHeader)
    Log("----")
    Log("Response StatusCode = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Log("Response StatusLine: " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    Log("Response Header:")
    Log(rest.ResponseHeader)
    Log("Response Body:")
    Log(responseBody)
    Return
End If


Dim xml As ChilkatXml
xml.Initialize
xml.LoadXml(responseBody)
Log(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")