(Ruby) 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.

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

Chilkat Ruby Downloads install from rubygems.org gem install chilkat or download... Ruby Library for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux

require 'chilkat'

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

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

# 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.put_Login("admin")
http.put_Password("secret")

# The following JSON is sent in the request body.

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

json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
json.UpdateString("new_password","new-password")

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

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson3("https://your-webapp-hostname:your-webapp-port/v1/users/login","application/json",json)
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

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

print "Response Body:" + "\n";
print jResp.emit() + "\n";

respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print "Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
if (respStatusCode >= 400)
    print "Response Header:" + "\n";
    print resp.header() + "\n";
    print "Failed." + "\n";

    exit
end

# 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...

i = 0
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
end