Rust

Get Populi Access Key (Token)

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

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

let rest = chilkat::Rest::new();

// 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.
let b_auto_reconnect = true;
if rest.connect("yourcollege.populi.co", 443, true, b_auto_reconnect).is_err() {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
}

let _ = rest.add_query_param("username", "POPULI_USERNAME");
let _ = rest.add_query_param("password", "POPULI_PASSWORD");

let Ok(response_body) = rest.full_request_form_url_encoded("POST", "/api/index.php") else {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
};

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if rest.response_status_code() != 200 {
    println!("Request Header: ");
    println!("{}", rest.last_request_header());
    println!("----");
    println!("Response StatusCode = {}", rest.response_status_code());
    println!("Response StatusLine: {}", rest.response_status_text());
    println!("Response Header:");
    println!("{}", rest.response_header());
    println!("Response Body:");
    println!("{}", response_body);
    return;
}

let xml = chilkat::Xml::new();
let _ = xml.load_xml(&response_body);
println!("{}", xml.get_xml().unwrap_or_default());

// 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..
let _ = xml.save_xml("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml");