JavaScript

Get Populi Access Key (Token)

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

var success = false;

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

var rest = new CkRest();

// 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.
var bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("yourcollege.populi.co",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

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

var responseBody = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/index.php");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

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

var xml = new CkXml();
xml.LoadXml(responseBody);
console.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");