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The Token operation is used to login a user to start a session required by the Web API. Session id is get as a response which is used to authenticate other Web API operations.
The Token operation is used to login a user to start a session required by the Web API. The '''access token''' is get as a response which is used to authenticate other Web API operations.


==Request==
==Request==
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==Response==
==Response==
The response is a JSON object with several properties. One of them is '''access_token''' containing the session id.
The response is a JSON object with several properties. One of them is '''access_token''' containing the access token (session id).


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Revision as of 22:15, 15 May 2020

The Token operation is used to login a user to start a session required by the Web API. The access token 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 access token (session id).