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[#1]

Hi,

I am new to the forum and haven't been able to find any messages relative to an issue I am having in getting started with using the REST API.

The main problem is that I have been unsuccessful in achieving authorization and moving out of the null user space. We have SSO working to connect Lithium with our web site and it works perfectly. When I take the same token string that authenticates my username on the Lithium site, the authentication fails.

I suspect that this is just some sort of typo or misreading of the API doc, but I would be incredibly grateful for any suggestions or working code snippets that could help me move forward.

Thanks in advance,

Bob

[#2]

Hi Bob,

make sure you are passing the token string using the sso.authentication_token query parameter --- the call should look something like this:

http://community.lithium.com/community-name/restapi/vc/authentication/sessions/login?sso.authentication_token=~aj340iw03riaw3ria9pw3ir09aw3ir90awillzxdvmklzsd

then the response you should get back should look something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<response status="success">
  <value type="string">DMWmkU2ve4XKeuhc54YJolkFqfzas4kICTA4ID_t0RA.</value>
</response>

One other thing to note is that this call is required to be made via a HTTP POST (not a HTTP GET), so make sure you send your request this way.  I hope this helps!

-Doug

[#3]

Hi Doug,

I wanted to thank you for your help.

Your reminder that I needed to use POST did the trick.

Thanks again,

Bobv