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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
Dim success As Long
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"
http.SetRequestHeader "Accept-API-Version","resource=2.0, protocol=1.0"
Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequest("POST","https://<tenant-name>.forgeblocks.com/am/json/realms/root/realms/alpha/authenticate?authIndexValue=Login")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0
Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print jResp.Emit()
Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.Print "Response Header:"
Debug.Print resp.Header
Debug.Print "Failed."
Exit Sub
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "authId": "eyJ0eXAizI1NiJ9...eyJTkNVS-36NdGPz0ldtTxs",
' "callbacks": [
' {
' "type": "NameCallback",
' "output": [
' {
' "name": "prompt",
' "value": "User Name"
' }
' ],
' "input": [
' {
' "name": "IDToken1",
' "value": ""
' }
' ],
' "_id": 0
' },
' {
' "type": "PasswordCallback",
' "output": [
' {
' "name": "prompt",
' "value": "Password"
' }
' ],
' "input": [
' {
' "name": "IDToken2",
' "value": ""
' }
' ],
' "_id": 1
' }
' ]
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Dim v_type As String
Dim v_id As Long
Dim j As Long
Dim count_j As Long
Dim name As String
Dim value As String
Dim authId As String
authId = jResp.StringOf("authId")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("callbacks")
Do While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
v_type = jResp.StringOf("callbacks[i].type")
v_id = jResp.IntOf("callbacks[i]._id")
j = 0
count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("callbacks[i].output")
Do While j < count_j
jResp.J = j
name = jResp.StringOf("callbacks[i].output[j].name")
value = jResp.StringOf("callbacks[i].output[j].value")
j = j + 1
Loop
j = 0
count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("callbacks[i].input")
Do While j < count_j
jResp.J = j
name = jResp.StringOf("callbacks[i].input[j].name")
value = jResp.StringOf("callbacks[i].input[j].value")
j = j + 1
Loop
i = i + 1
Loop
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "Accept-API-Version: resource=2.0, protocol=1.0"
https://<tenant-name>.forgeblocks.com/am/json/realms/root/realms/alpha/authenticate?authIndexValue=Login
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Step 1: Request Callbacks",
"event": [
{
"listen": "test",
"script": {
"exec": [
"const JSONResponse = JSON.parse(responseBody);",
"",
"// Did request have a callback?",
"if(JSONResponse.authId && JSONResponse.authId != \"\")",
"{",
" // Set `authId` variable",
" pm.globals.set(\"authId\", JSONResponse.authId);",
" ",
" // Determine next request based on detected callbacks",
" frUtils.detectCallbacks(responseBody);",
"}",
"",
"// Did request return SSO Token?",
"if(JSONResponse.tokenId && JSONResponse.tokenId != \"\")",
"{",
" // Set `demoSSOToken` variable",
" pm.globals.set(\"demoSSOToken\", JSONResponse.tokenId);",
" ",
" // Skip to session info request",
" postman.setNextRequest(\"Step 3: Get Session Info\");",
"}",
"",
"// Tests",
"",
"pm.test(\"Status code is 200.\", () => {",
" pm.expect(pm.response.code).to.eql(200);",
"});",
"",
"pm.test(\"Response contains tokenId or authId\", function () {",
" pm.expect(JSONResponse).to.have.any.keys('tokenId', 'authId');",
"});",
"",
"",
""
],
"type": "text/javascript"
}
}
],
"protocolProfileBehavior": {
"disableCookies": true
},
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"description": "Specifies that the `/json/authenticate` endpoint uses JSON format for requests."
},
{
"key": "Accept-API-Version",
"value": "resource=2.0, protocol=1.0",
"description": "Specifies the version of the `/json/authenticate` endpoint to use."
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "{{amUrl}}/json{{realm}}/authenticate?authIndexValue={{loginJourney}}",
"host": [
"{{amUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"json{{realm}}",
"authenticate"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "authIndexType",
"value": "service",
"disabled": true
},
{
"key": "authIndexValue",
"value": "{{loginJourney}}"
}
]
},
"description": "The first step is to make a POST call to the `/json/authenticate` endpoint, without providing any credentials, or cookies.\n\nDepending on how complex the authentication journey is, AM may return several callbacks sequentially. Each must be completed and returned to AM until authentication is successful.\n\nEach request that is part of the authentication journey uses the same `authId` value to track progress. Ensure the `authId` JWT is sent in each subsequent request, until a session token is issued.\n\nFor the next step, choose the appropriate request to complete the callback that was returned."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Success. Callback generated by Username and Password collectors, together in a page node.",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"description": "Specifies that the `/json/authenticate` endpoint uses JSON format for requests."
},
{
"key": "Accept-API-Version",
"value": "resource=2.0, protocol=1.0",
"description": "Specifies the version of the `/json/authenticate` endpoint to use."
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "{{amUrl}}/json{{realm}}/authenticate?authIndexType=service&authIndexValue={{loginJourney}}",
"host": [
"{{amUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"json{{realm}}",
"authenticate"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "authIndexType",
"value": "service",
"description": "Allows the request to configure the service (for example, an authentication tree) to use for this request."
},
{
"key": "authIndexValue",
"value": "{{loginJourney}}",
"description": "Specifies the name of the service to use for this request.\nOverride this value using the `amAuthenticationTree` Postman variable."
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "X-Frame-Options",
"value": "SAMEORIGIN"
},
{
"key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
"value": "nosniff"
},
{
"key": "Cache-Control",
"value": "private"
},
{
"key": "Cache-Control",
"value": "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"
},
{
"key": "Content-API-Version",
"value": "resource=2.1"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "Pragma",
"value": "no-cache"
},
{
"key": "Set-Cookie",
"value": "amlbcookie=01; Path=/; Domain=example.com; HttpOnly"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "2153"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:01:51 GMT"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"authId\": \"eyJ0eXAizI1NiJ9...eyJTkNVS-36NdGPz0ldtTxs\",\n \"callbacks\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"NameCallback\",\n \"output\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"prompt\",\n \"value\": \"User Name\"\n }\n ],\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"IDToken1\",\n \"value\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"_id\": 0\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"PasswordCallback\",\n \"output\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"prompt\",\n \"value\": \"Password\"\n }\n ],\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"IDToken2\",\n \"value\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"_id\": 1\n }\n ]\n}"
}
]
}
