PHP ActiveX

WhatsApp - Login

Log in to get your authentication token (which is to be used in the "Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token" header in other REST API calls). PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

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

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl -X POST https://your-webapp-hostname:your-webapp-port/v1/users/login \
//   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
//   --user 'username:password' \
//   -d '{}'

$http->Login = 'username';
$http->Password = 'password';

// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// {}

$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");

$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpJson('POST','https://your-webapp-hostname:your-webapp-port/v1/users/login',$json,'application/json',$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$sbResponseBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->EmitCompact = 0;

print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\n";

$respStatusCode = $resp->StatusCode;
print 'Response Status Code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $resp->Header . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "users": [
//     {
//       "token": "eyJhbGciOHlXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VyIjoNTIzMDE2Nn0.mEoF0COaO00Z1cANo",
//       "expires_after": "2018-03-01 15:29:26+00:00"
//     }
//   ]
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jResp->SizeOfArray('users');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jResp->I = $i;
    $token = $jResp->stringOf('users[i].token');
    $expires_after = $jResp->stringOf('users[i].expires_after');
    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>