C#

WhatsApp - First Login

Log in the very first time to get your authentication token. The new login/password is passed in the JSON body of the request. C#

bool success = false;

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

//  Implements the following CURL command:

//  curl -k -X POST https://your-webapp-hostname:your-webapp-port/v1/users/login \
//    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
//    --user 'admin:secret' \
//    -d '{"new_password" : "new-password"}'

http.Login = "admin";
http.Password = "secret";

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

//  {
//    "new_password": "new-password"
//  }

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("new_password","new-password");

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://your-webapp-hostname:your-webapp-port/v1/users/login",json,"application/json",resp);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
    Debug.WriteLine("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.I = i;
    token = jResp.StringOf("users[i].token");
    expires_after = jResp.StringOf("users[i].expires_after");
    i = i + 1;
}