(Xojo Plugin) 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.

Dim rest As New 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.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
Dim success As Boolean
success = rest.Connect("yourcollege.populi.co",443,True,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = rest.AddQueryParam("username","POPULI_USERNAME")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("password","POPULI_PASSWORD")

Dim responseBody As String
responseBody = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/index.php")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    System.DebugLog("Request Header: ")
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastRequestHeader)
    System.DebugLog("----")
    System.DebugLog("Response StatusCode = " + Str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    System.DebugLog("Response StatusLine: " + rest.ResponseStatusText)
    System.DebugLog("Response Header:")
    System.DebugLog(rest.ResponseHeader)
    System.DebugLog("Response Body:")
    System.DebugLog(responseBody)
    Return
End If

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
success = xml.LoadXml(responseBody)
System.DebugLog(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..
success = xml.SaveXml("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml")