GetSecurityToken

The GetSecurityToken API returns a Mongoose security token for a specific user, which can be used to authenticate requests when calling the API directly.

Note: This topic is for REST version 1. See GetSecurityToken for the REST version 2.
GET /{responsetype}/token/{config}
http://localhost/IDORequestService/MGRESTService.svc/js/token/CSI_DALS

Parameters

Name In Required? Description
responsetype Path Yes Response request data format

Specify any of these values:

  • xml
  • json
  • js
config Path Yes The name of a configuration available on the application server

Headers

Name Description
userid Mongoose username
password Mongoose user password

Request data

None

Response data in XML format

If successful, the call returns a neatly packaged security token. 

<MGRestTokenResponse xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Message>Success</Message>
  <Token>b/XdI6IQzCviZOGJ0E+002DoKUFOPmVDkwpQDb...YOdU2ThSw==</Token>
</MGRestTokenResponse>

Response data in JSON format

If successful, the call returns a neatly packaged security token. 

{
   "Message": "Success",
   "Token": "b/XdI6IQzCviZOGJ0E+002DoKUFOPmVDkwpQDb...YOdU2ThSw=="
}

Response data in JS format

If successful, the call returns the security token itself (no envelope). 

b/XdI6IQzCviZOGJ0E+002DoKUFOPmVDkwpQDb...YOdU2ThSw==

Example

This example code retrieves a Mongoose security token for the given user ID, password, and configuration name. 

string token = string.Empty;
 
using ( HttpClient client = new HttpClient() )
{
   // provide your Mongoose credentails in the request url
   string config = "CSI_DALS";
   string requestUrl = $"http://server/IDORequestService/MGRESTService.svc/js/token/{config}";
 
   // provide your Mongoose credentials as headers
   client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add( "userid", "sa" );
   client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add( "password", "" );
 
   // send the get request
   HttpResponseMessage response = client.GetAsync( requestUrl ).Result;
 
   using ( HttpContent content = response.Content )
   {
      Task<string> result = content.ReadAsStringAsync();
      // this contains your token
      token = result.Result;
   }
}