How to use the Invoke API call to get Authentication Token and use it another API call?

Article Id: 141389

Status: Published

Updated On: 06-12-2019 09:37

Products:

CLOUDTEST , CA Application Test , CA Cloud Test Mobile , MOBILECLOUD , Service Virtualization

Issue/Introduction:

How to configure the API call http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/ACL/authenticate in POSTMAN to get Authentication Token and use it another API call http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs.

Note: "localhost" is the Registry host name.

Cause:

None

Environment:

Release : 10.x, which support Invoke API.

Component : CA Service Virtualization

Resolution:

To configure the form parameters "username" and "password", use "x-www-form-urlencoded" in the Request Body as shown below:

Then use the "id" parameter value from the response of "http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/ACL/authenticate" as X-Security-Token header in the other API calls http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs as below:

Note: "X-Security-Token" shows a different value than "id" value but it should be same.

Additional Information:

Invoke API 2.0 calls documentation is available at http://localhost:1505/api/swagger

Note: "localhost" is the Registry host name.