Difference between revisions of "REST API:Obtain a Session ID"

Revision as of 22:35, 21 August 2013

To obtain a session ID for use in making a REST request, there are a couple of options:

Use the getEnv from with the platform

For methods running inside the platform, use the Java getEnv() method to obtain the session ID:

String sessionID = Functions.getEnv(ENV.SESSION.ID); </syntaxhighlight>

Programmatic login: Use the code from the Sample Login Client to programmatically log in and obtain the session ID from the response.

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-:: For methods running inside the platform, use the Java [[Utility_Calls#getEnv|getEnv()]] method to obtain the session ID:
+:: For methods running inside the platform, use the Java [[Java API:Utility function#getEnv|getEnv()]] method to obtain the session ID:
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 String sessionID = Functions.getEnv(ENV.SESSION.ID);