API Method PingWithAuth
From Updox API
Ping the server for a response with full authentication. This method verifies that applicationId and applicationPassword are valid and that there is a valid userId under a valid accountId.
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Fields
There are no input fields for this method.
Code Samples
| Language | Source Code Examples |
|---|---|
| C# | |
| Java |
public void TalkToUpdox() throws Exception {
String uri = "https://updoxqa.com/io/pingWithAuth";
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
Map<String,Object> messageData = BuildMessage();
String jsonData = mapper.writeValueAsString(messageData);
HttpResponse httpResponse = SendReceiveJSON(jsonData, uri);
HttpEntity responseEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
String response = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
JsonNode actualObj = mapper.readTree(response);
System.out.println(actualObj.get("responseCode"));
System.out.println(actualObj.get("responseMessage"));
}
public static void generateHmacHeaders(HttpURLConnection connection, String applicationId, String applicationPassword, String accountId, String userId) throws Exception{
final SimpleDateFormat d = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss (z)");
d.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
final String timestampString = d.format(new Date());
final String message =
(applicationId == null ? "" : applicationId) + ":" +
(applicationPassword == null ? "" : applicationPassword) + ":" +
(accountId == null ? "" : accountId) + ":" +
(userId == null ? "" : userId) + ":" +
timestampString;
final String auth = "HMAC " + hmacSha1ToBase64(message, apiSecret); //note space after HMAC
connection.setRequestProperty("updox-timestamp", timestampString);
connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", auth);
}
public static String hmacSha1ToBase64(String value, String key) throws Exception{
byte[] keyBytes = key.getBytes();
SecretKeySpec signingKey = new SecretKeySpec(keyBytes, "HmacSHA1");
Mac mac = Mac.getInstance("HmacSHA1");
mac.init(signingKey);
byte[] rawHmac = mac.doFinal(value.getBytes());
byte[] base64Bytes = Base64.encodeBase64(rawHmac);
return new String(base64Bytes, "UTF-8");
}
private HttpResponse SendReceiveJSON(String jsonData, String uri) throws Exception {
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse response = null;
StringEntity params = new StringEntity(jsonData);
try {
HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
request.addHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.setEntity(params);
response = httpClient.execute(request);
} catch (Exception ex) {
// handle exception here
} finally {
httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}
return response;
}
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Sample Request and Response
Request
{
"auth": {
"applicationId": "updox",
"applicationPassword": "1234567890",
"accountId": "account",
"userId": "user"
}
}
Response
{
"successful": true,
"responseMessage": "OK",
"responseCode": 2000
}
