Ah, the http_persist_open is a relic from earlier testing. A result of not knowing what I am doing
😊. I will take it out.
I will download the beta version and try it out. Thanks!
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On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Friday, April 9, 2021 10:16 AM
To: ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Ftpapi] Authentication type =Bearer with token
Les,
In the current beta version of httpapi (http://www.scottklement.com/httpapi/beta)
you can do this:
http_setAuth(HTTP_AUTH_BEARER: '': YourToken);
In older versions you have to build the header yourself using an HTTP_POINT_ADDL_HEADER callback.
Also -- I do not understand why you are calling http_persist_open in your example. What is that meant to do?
--
Scott Klement
sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 4/8/2021 10:28 AM, Les Turner wrote:
I have a requirement to get data from a secure API. It requires a certificate in the DCM, which I have set up. Then I have to make 2 calls.
The first one is a POST and you use basic authentication to pass a UserID and password to get back a token in the response body. This is working with this code:
// Open persistent connection
pComm = http_persist_open(URL);
// Set credentials
http_setauth(HTTP_AUTH_BASIC: username: passwd);
// use the certificate in the DCM
app_id = 'ADP_APPLICATION';
rc = https_init(app_id);
if rc = -1;
http_comp(http_error());
https_cleanup();
return;
endif;
response = http_string('POST': URL: postdata: 'application/json') ;
I am able to extract the token from the Response variable. The problem is with the second call. That token is then used in the second request which makes a GET to return the data stream. However the second request uses authentication type “Bearer” and I don’t know how to code for that with HTTPAPI.
I can make it work in Postman by pasting the token into the header authorization variable with the word Bearer. I would appreciate any help you can give on how to pass a bearer token with HTTPAPI. Thanks!
Les Turner
Developer
Information Technology
ManhattanLife Insurance
T: 713-821-6414
