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Get Populi Access Key (Token)

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Demonstrates how to authenticate and obtain an access key using a username and password. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL cResponseBody
LOCAL oXml

nSuccess := 0

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

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

//  Connect using TLS.
//  A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Populi REST API calls.
//  The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
//  then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
nBAutoReconnect := 1
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("yourcollege.populi.co", 443, 1, nBAutoReconnect)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oRest:AddQueryParam("username", "POPULI_USERNAME")
oRest:AddQueryParam("password", "POPULI_PASSWORD")

cResponseBody := oRest:FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST", "/api/index.php")
IF (oRest:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
IF (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 200)
    ? "Request Header: "
    ? oRest:LastRequestHeader
    ? "----"
    ? "Response StatusCode = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "Response StatusLine: " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "Response Body:"
    ? cResponseBody
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oXml := CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
oXml:LoadXml(cResponseBody)
? oXml:GetXml()

//  Sample response:
//  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
//  <response>
//  <access_key>63481e36023b5d ... 76d0dbc314</access_key>
//      <accountid>19999999</accountid>
//      <accounttype>PERSON</accounttype>
//  </response>

//  Save the XML to a file for subsequent requests..
oXml:SaveXml("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml")

oRest:destroy()
oXml:destroy()