Visual FoxPro

Get Populi Access Key (Token)

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

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loRest
LOCAL lnBAutoReconnect
LOCAL lcResponseBody
LOCAL loXml

lnSuccess = 0

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

loRest = CreateObject('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.
lnBAutoReconnect = 1
lnSuccess = loRest.Connect("yourcollege.populi.co",443,1,lnBAutoReconnect)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

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

lcResponseBody = loRest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/index.php")
IF (loRest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* We should expect a 200 response if successful.
IF (loRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) THEN
    ? "Request Header: "
    ? loRest.LastRequestHeader
    ? "----"
    ? "Response StatusCode = " + STR(loRest.ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "Response StatusLine: " + loRest.ResponseStatusText
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loRest.ResponseHeader
    ? "Response Body:"
    ? lcResponseBody
    RELEASE loRest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loXml = CreateObject('Chilkat.Xml')
loXml.LoadXml(lcResponseBody)
? loXml.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..
loXml.SaveXml("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml")

RELEASE loRest
RELEASE loXml