(Lianja) 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.

loRest = createobject("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.
llBAutoReconnect = .T.
llSuccess = loRest.Connect("yourcollege.populi.co",443,.T.,llBAutoReconnect)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    release loRest
    return
endif

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

lcResponseBody = loRest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/index.php")
if (loRest.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    release loRest
    return
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
    return
endif

loXml = createobject("CkXml")
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