I'm not a developer, but I'm trying desperately to use the Last.fm web service, since their new website design doesn't provide some special informations anymore, which I've got a little bit addicted to over the years.
Problem: I'm not able to authenticate; some error message appears ("Invalid authentication token supplied") when I try to fetch a web service session.
I'm generally trying the authentication for desktop applications (http://www.last.fm/api/desktopauth). Below are the steps I perform. Any help would be very much appreciated!
Step 1: Get an API Key
I got one and check if it generally works with example method "artist.getSimilar" (www.last.fm/api/show/artist.getSimilar) and the follwing call:
ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getSimilar&artist=Haggard&api_key=[my api key]
Result: it works.
Step 2: Fetch a request token
This is done with method "auth.getToken" (www.last.fm/api/show/auth.getToken)
Construct input for the MD5 hash algorithm:
api_key[my api key]methodauth.getToken[my secret]
After application of the MD5 I can perform the web call:
ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=auth.getToken&api_key=[my api key]&api_sig=[my MD5 ouput]
Result: the token.
Step 3: Request authorization from the user
Call:
www.last.fm/api/auth/?api_key=[my Api Key]&token=[my token]
Result: My example user grants my application permission to use his account.
Step 4: Fetch A Web Service Session
This is done with method "auth.getSession" (http://www.last.fm/api/show/auth.getSession)
Construct a new input for the MD5 hash algorithm:
api_key[my Api Key]methodauth.getSessiontoken[my token][my secret]
After application of the MD5 I can perform the web call:
Web call:
ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=auth.getSession&token=[my token]&api_key=[my api key]&api_sig=[my new MD5 output]
Result:
status = "failed"
error code = "4" Invalid authentication token supplied
:-(
It turned out that the problem was that the token expired to soon; it lasts only a minute or so and gets then invalid; if you don't use an automated process and operate manually you have to be swift between getting the token and fetching the web service session.
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I'm following this tutorial here to attempt to authenticate using Token Based Authentication with Netsuite:
through postman using Netsuite's Postman environment, but I continue to receive "401 Invalid login attempt".
When I check the Login Audit Trail, I see that there is no role being assigned to my authentication attempts -- it's just blank. To me, this indicates that the token is not properly assigned to the User/Role, but I've walked through the directions several times and everything appears to be setup properly.
I've seen other similar posts about this, but those seem to boil down to the Netsuite Account ID formatting. However, my Netsuite Account ID is all numbers, so I don't think this is a factor.
This should work fine assuming you have created an integration and an access token. Configure Oauth 1.0 in postman with the following fields filled out correctly:
signature method (should be HMAC-256)
consumer key (from the integration you created in netsuite)
consumer secret (from the integration you created in netsuite)
access token (from the access token created in netsuite)
token secret (from the access token created in netsuite)
realm (your account id, if using a sandbox, make sure the realm looks like 1234567_SB1, with an _ and not a -)
You won't be able to complete TBA using postman because using netsuite TBA requires a callback URL that netsuite will redirect you to with the necessary credentials (access token and & token secret).
I'm having this exact same issue. I have custom code written in Salesforce APEX that is connecting to NetSuite just fine. We also have a Workato integration that is connecting to NetSuite just fine.
No matter what I do in Postman, I get a 401 Invalid Login response. I'm losing my mind...
I finally got this to work for me. Postman had a request header of "Connection"="keep-alive". Once I removed that it worked fine! Wow.. I've been trying to get this to work for weeks, looking at it every few days for an hour or two. What a frustrating error message "Invalid Login".
I am trying to build an app in codename one with the cloud natural language api but I am struggling to figure out how to first get authentication from oauth2 and then make a request to the api.
I have read the quickstart for the cloud natural language api and followed all of the steps. I can make requests to the api from the gcloud command line but I want to be able to make requests from codename one. I want to use oauth2 to get authentication and have an oauth2 client ID but I do not know how to get the authentication token. I have read about it here https://www.codenameone.com/google-login.html but I do not know what to put HERE on line 5 of the following code. Once I have the oauth2 authentication token, I do not know how I will make a request to the api from codename one. I have read about requests to the natural language api here https://cloud.google.com/natural-language/docs/reference/libraries but it did not say how to make a request from codename one.
Login gc = GoogleConnect.getInstance();
gc.setClientId(clientId);
gc.setRedirectURI(redirectURI);
gc.setClientSecret(clientSecret);
gc.setCallback(**HERE**);
if(!gc.isUserLoggedIn()){
gc.doLogin();
}else{
//get the token and now you can query the gplus API
String token = gc.getAccessToken().getToken();
}
In summary, I do not know how to get an oauth2 token from codename one and then make a request to the cloud natural language api with that token.
You should use a slightly newer version of this article here under the "Google Sign-In" section. The token is returned in this line of code String token = gc.getAccessToken().getToken(); but it will only work within the callback code when login was successful.
You will need to use the REST API to make the requests to the server as covered here: https://cloud.google.com/natural-language/docs/reference/rest/
That way it will work for all supported platforms.
I'm trying to hit a web service using RestAssured. I'm struggling with authentication which is actually performed by a third party system. Details are given below:
My web service requires session ID & Cookie in the request header. Otherwise the service call will be failed.
For that I need to fetch Session Id & Cookie after the authentication.
Authentication is done by third party service and it takes the windows credentials for authentication.
When I launch my app URL on browser, say: 'XYZ.com/dim' it will be redirected to authentication service using a URL like:
http://hantweb.DOMAIN.com/authenticate/encdefault.asp?location=XYZ.com/dim
After the authentication it will again be redirected to actual application back.
I tried below code but it says: "401 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials." even though my credentials are correct.
RestAssured.given().auth().basic("userID", "password").get("http://hantweb.DOMAIN.com/authenticate/encdefault.asp?location=XYZ.com/dim")
I'm confused no idea what I've missed here..
I did some trial and error and finally understood that I need to use .auth().ntlm(userId, password,"","") as the authentication. Here I'm using windows credentials as basic or any other auth type won't work in this case.
This answer can help someone in need.
I would like to send an email on behalf of a user using Postman (Office 365). I have the email id and password of that account. After doing some research, I have found that I need to login, using a browser, to get the authorization code and then I can perform the next steps from Postman (getting the access token and using the Microsoft Graph Explorer) to send the email.
I would like to get the authorization code using Postman (not browser). I tried and got the following error (which is what should come the way I have requested the API)-
In short, I want to send email from Graph API using a REST client like Postman (right from authorization to sending email). Is this possible?
(I have already read these documents but did not help me get there-
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/concepts/rest
Accessing Microsoft Graph API without using login page
Automatically Log-In To Office 365
)
Yes, it is very possible, in fact, you can use all of the Microsoft Graph API from Postman or any other program which can make HTTP requests.
All you need to do is to get access token to use in your requests to the Graph API, and there at least 4 ways which allow you to do so without user interaction. But the process requires some preparation since you need to create an OAuth App in order to be able to use the Graph API.
Since I had to do the same myself and it wasn't easy to collect all the bits of information necessary, I've written a full guide on this subject including Postman examples:
Getting Access Token for Microsoft Graph Using OAuth REST API
In large you need to do the following steps:
Register OAuth App
Configuring App Permission
Use one of the following flows, depending on the information you have:
Flow 1: Get Access Token from Client Credentials (Client credentials Grant)
Flow 2 – Get Access Token From Client & User Credentials (Resource Owner Credentials Grant)
Flow 3 – Get Access Token From Refresh Token (Refresh Token Grant)
Flow 4 – Get Access Token From Another Access Token (On-Behalf-Of Grant)
Use the access token in requests to Microsoft Graph API
All of those steps are explained in the article.
When I use the Google Analytics Input Step, all I have to enter is my account username and password for the Authorization. From there, the step looks up the Domain Table ID for me. So by just giving this step my username and password, choosing the id and the metrics, I am able to retrieve all of the information I need--no other authorization required.
However, I am trying to recreate this by using the HTTP Client Lookup step (with a Generate Rows step before it). I gave it the following URL, as described by http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/gdata/v3/reference.html:
https://www.googleapis.com/analytics/v3/data/ga?ids=ga:{*My Domain Table ID*}&start-date=2010-08-01&end-date=2012-04-01&metrics=ga:newVisits
and filled in the Http Login and Http Password fields with my username and password (exactly same as in Google Analytics Input step), respectively. However, when I preview the results of this HTTP Client step, the transformation returns an error that says that Login is required.
I have also tried this with the REST Client Lookup Step (with a Generate Rows step before it). I chose the GET HTTP method, the JSON application type, and filled in my HTTP Login and password for authentication. When I try to run this, it does not return an error, but in the result field of the preview output it says "Invalid Credentials."
What is the Google Analytics Input Step doing differently from the HTTP Client Lookup and REST Client Lookup steps? And how do I access the same information using those lookup steps?
I want to be able to access API's from other web sites as well, not just from Google Analytics, so it is important for me to be able to do this for any API.
Any help appreciated!
I have made a request to google analytics using HTTP client step, and it works perfect.
First, you need a token from Google Analytics:
https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin?accountType=GOOGLE&Email=xxxxxxx#gmail.com&Passwd=xxxxxxx&service=analytics
This token is a long string.
The token is going to step client as HTTP header. The parameter must be called:
Authorization = token
Others parameters:
GData-Version=3.
After you add the request parameters. (ids, start-date, end-date, metrics, filter, segment)
You also have to add the key to your profile id, as the last parameter.
This request returns a XML. Use XML parser step to get metrics value.
which Kettle version are you using? as far as i know there are some changes in google api
read this bug report:
http://jira.pentaho.com/browse/PDI-7942