RequestToken (v2)

Overview

Requests an authentication token

The function is available as a Web Service request.

Request

Parameters of the API request:

Parameter	Type	Description	Requirements
eid	String		Mandatory
loginName	String	Login ID of the API user	Mandatory
password	String	Password of the API user	Mandatory

Response

Parameters of the API response:

Parameter

Type

Description

status

Status

Possible return values:

- OK
- ERROR_GENERAL
- ERROR_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT
- ERROR_UNAUTHORIZED

token

String

Token to be used in subsequent API calls

Examples

Example RequestToken transaction.

Example RequestToken transaction.

Request:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:v2="http://v2.provisioning.ws.web.verba.com/">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <v2:requestToken>
         <eid>0000</eid>
         <loginName>verba_api_user</loginName>
         <password>api_user_password</password>
      </v2:requestToken>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Response:

<S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <S:Body>
      <ns2:requestTokenResponse xmlns:ns2="http://v2.provisioning.ws.web.verba.com/">
         <return>
            <status>
               <statusCode>OK</statusCode>
            </status>
            <token>OLZqneyISmy5eoKeGEd418X0nvzuu7Ll</token>
         </return>
      </ns2:requestTokenResponse>
   </S:Body>
</S:Envelope>

Example RequestToken transaction with bad password.

Example RequestToken transaction with bad password.

Request:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:v2="http://v2.provisioning.ws.web.verba.com/">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <v2:requestToken>
         <eid>0000</eid>
         <loginName>verba_api_user</loginName>
         <password>api_user_wrong_password</password>
      </v2:requestToken>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Response:

<S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <S:Body>
      <ns2:requestTokenResponse xmlns:ns2="http://v2.provisioning.ws.web.verba.com/">
         <return>
            <status>
               <message>com.verba.web.user.UserNotFoundException</message>
               <statusCode>ERROR_GENERAL</statusCode>
            </status>
         </return>
      </ns2:requestTokenResponse>
   </S:Body>
</S:Envelope>

Example RequestToken transaction with bad permissions.

Example RequestToken transaction with bad permissions.

Request:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:v2="http://v2.provisioning.ws.web.verba.com/">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <v2:requestToken>
         <eid>0000</eid>
         <loginName>verba_standard_user</loginName>
         <password>api_user_password</password>
      </v2:requestToken>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Response:

<S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <S:Body>
      <ns2:requestTokenResponse xmlns:ns2="http://v2.provisioning.ws.web.verba.com/">
         <return>
            <status>
               <message>com.verba.web.api.KnownException: User should be a System Supervisor.</message>
               <statusCode>ERROR_GENERAL</statusCode>
            </status>
         </return>
      </ns2:requestTokenResponse>
   </S:Body>
</S:Envelope>