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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 Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
http.SetRequestHeader("Accept-API-Version","resource=2.0, protocol=1.0")
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.QuickRequest("POST","https://<tenant-name>.forgeblocks.com/am/json/realms/root/realms/alpha/authenticate?authIndexValue=Login")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
Debug.WriteLine("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 Integer
Dim j As Integer
Dim count_j As Integer
Dim name As String
Dim value As String
Dim authId As String = jResp.StringOf("authId")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("callbacks")
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")
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
End While
j = 0
count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("callbacks[i].input")
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
End While
i = i + 1
End While
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}"
}
]
}
