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| From: | Rick Strahl |
| To: | Stein Goering |
Looks like the service is redirecting from http:// to https://. In the process the request becomes a GET.
Try calling the service with https:// to start and then you might get the results you're expecting.
+++ Rick ---
I added the postmode and contenttype settings - still getting the same 403 response from the server. And the techs on their side still claim it's because I'm sending a GET request instead of a POST.
And I still don't understand the Fiddler results - why is each request listed twice?
And why does the json post show up as a GET after initially being flagged as a POST?
Stein,
To post a raw buffer just use:
loHttp.nHttpPostMode = 4 && this is not necessary I think loHttp.cContentType = "application/json" loHttp.AddPostKey(lcJson)
+++ Rick ---
I'm trying to get my program to interact with a REST service. A typical request would look like this:
http://longwoodlive.org/d2l/api/lp/1.0/organization/info? - followed by several querystring parameters that are used to validate the request.
If I submit the above using wwHTTP::httpGet I get the desired response. However, for this one, which creates a user account, I need to Post a JSON string:
http://longwoodlive.org/d2l/api/lp/1.0/users/
I use AddPostKey(.F.,"<JSON text..>") to load the string, then execute the call with httpGet. My understanding is this should generate a POST request, but I am getting an Invalid Token message back from the service. Their techs tell me this may be caused by an invalid HTTP method, i.e. a GET instead of a POST. They also told me I should use SSL when making these calls, so I set lSecureLink on.
I then set up Fiddler to try and track this. I enabled the self-generated certificate so I could track HTTPS sessions. It looks like each of my hits generates 2 Fiddler entries, one without SSL and one with:
302 HTTP longwoodlive.org /d2l/api/lp/1.0/users/?&x_...
403 HTTPS longwoodlive.org /d2l/api/lp/1.0/users/?&x_...
The raw data for the first one shows the expected POST request:
POST http://longwoodlive.org/d2l/api/lp/1.0/users/?&x_a=6EAimWV1Q56N_M0dU_ZNWA&x_b=yU_XnmtI4QrmC8Uj-IBvcX&x_c=Kg6TwcxIBm_rkiTTUIPQ-uNYku02X8TCjrrLslo_-wY&x_d=z9brlOMkpnBbUEz1TYnT3BJM-4T0-sQBzslDZ6T42iI&x_t=1358318810&end=now HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
User-Agent: West Wind Internet Protocols 5.65
Host: longwoodlive.org
Content-Length: 229
Pragma: no-cache
{
"OrgDefinedId": "XX000TEST",
"FirstName": "Tom",
"MiddleName": "",
"LastName": "Foolery",
"ExternalEmail": "stein@aceware.com",
"UserName": "Tom.Foolery",
"RoleId": "78",
"IsActive": true,
"SendCreationEmail": false
}
But the response contains only a header:
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: https://longwoodlive.org/d2l/api/lp/1.0/users/?&x_a=6EAimWV1Q56N_M0dU_ZNWA&x_b=yU_XnmtI4QrmC8Uj-IBvcX&x.....
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0
The second request shows the same URL, except https this time, but the method has changed to GET:
GET https://longwoodlive.org/d2l/api/lp/1.0/users/?&x_a=6EAimWV1Q56N_M0dU_ZNWA&x_b=yU_XnmtI4QrmC8Uj-IBvcX&x...
Connection: Keep-Alive
User-Agent: West Wind Internet Protocols 5.65
Cache-Control: no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
Host: longwoodlive.org
Response:
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 13
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
X-XSS-Protection: 0
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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:46:16 GMT
Invalid token
I do get a response body but it's just the Invalid token notice.
What I need is for the HTTPS request to go out as a POST method. Why does it get switched to GET and how can I prevent that from happening?
And why am I seeing 2 entries for each call?
Any assistance would be appreciated...
--stein
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