(Android™) WhatsApp - Login

Log in to get your authentication token (which is to be used in the "Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token" header in other REST API calls).

For more information, see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/api/users/login

Chilkat Android™ Downloads Android™ Java Libraries Android C/C++ Libraries

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    boolean success;

    // Implements the following CURL command:

    // curl -X POST https://your-webapp-hostname:your-webapp-port/v1/users/login \
    //   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    //   --user 'username:password' \
    //   -d '{}'

    http.put_Login("username");
    http.put_Password("password");

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {}

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();

    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://your-webapp-hostname:your-webapp-port/v1/users/login","application/json",json);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, jResp.emit());

    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.header());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");

        return;
        }

    // Sample JSON response:
    // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

    // {
    //   "users": [
    //     {
    //       "token": "eyJhbGciOHlXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VyIjoNTIzMDE2Nn0.mEoF0COaO00Z1cANo",
    //       "expires_after": "2018-03-01 15:29:26+00:00"
    //     }
    //   ]
    // }

    // Sample code for parsing the JSON response...

    String token;
    String expires_after;

    int i = 0;
    int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("users");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jResp.put_I(i);
        token = jResp.stringOf("users[i].token");
        expires_after = jResp.stringOf("users[i].expires_after");
        i = i + 1;
        }


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}