Web API: Token

The Web API session starts with a login. Session id is get as a response which is used to authenticate other Web API operations.

Request

• Request url has the following form: https://SERVER/qprpa/token, where SERVER is the DNS name of the server. Note that the path doesn't contain api unlike all other operations in the Web API.
• Request method is POST.
• Content-Type in the HTTP request header must be application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
• Payload contains the following parameters as url encoded:
  • username: Username.
  • password: User password.
  • grant_type: password (always use that value)

Example:

username=myUserName&password=myPassword&grant_type=password

Response

The response is a JSON object with several properties. One of them is access_token containing the session id.