can i have sample java code to login into Mifos? Thanks in advance
On Wednesday, 16 November 2011 20:00:23 UTC+5:30, Udai Gupta wrote: > > Hi Satish, > > You are right, there should be a way to use RestTemplate, haven't had > time to explore about this but I will check once I get my hand free. > > Udai > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Satish <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hi Udai, > > Thank you for the response. I did follow you mifos-rest.py example and it > > was helpful. I was using Spring's RestTemplate and was having problem > in > > saving session for subsequent rest calls. However, I have managed to > > implement it using HttpClient. Solution is working but i feel it cannot > be > > so crude and there must exist a better solution. > > > > This is what i have done: > > //This method prepare the connections and return the session with > > authentication. > > //class: RESTClient > > > > public HttpClient prepareConnection() throws HttpException, IOException{ > > > > > > > > logger.debug("Establishing http session with mifos"); > > > > httpConn = new HttpClient(); > > > > Credentials credentials = new > > UsernamePasswordCredentials(username,password); > > > > httpConn.getParams().setAuthenticationPreemptive(true); > > > > httpConn.getState().setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY, credentials); > > > > HttpConnectionManagerParams conpar = new HttpConnectionManagerParams(); > > > > conpar.setConnectionTimeout(5 * 60000); // 5 minutes > > > > conpar.setSoTimeout(5 * 60000); // 5 minutes > > > > httpConn.getHttpConnectionManager().setParams(conpar); > > > > GetMethod get = new GetMethod(URL); > > > > get.getParams().setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.BROWSER_COMPATIBILITY); > > > > get.setDoAuthentication(true); > > > > httpConn.executeMethod(get); > > > > String responseBody = get.getResponseBodyAsString(); > > > > if (responseBody.contains("j_spring_security_check")) { > > > > String loginUrl = URL + > > "/j_spring_security_check?j_username="+username+"&j_password="+password; > > > > PostMethod authpost = new PostMethod(loginUrl); > > > > // Release Get Connection > > > > get.releaseConnection(); > > > > httpRes = httpConn.executeMethod(authpost); > > > > responseBody = authpost.getResponseBodyAsString(); > > > > if (httpRes == 301 || httpRes == 302 || httpRes == 307) { > > > > // redirected, get content page > > > > get = new GetMethod(authpost.getResponseHeader("Location") > > > > .getValue()); > > > > System.out.println(authpost.getResponseHeader("Location").getValue()); > > > > get.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","text/plain; charset=UTF-8"); > > > > authpost.releaseConnection(); > > > > httpRes = httpConn.executeMethod(get); > > > > responseBody = get.getResponseBodyAsString(); > > > > get.releaseConnection(); > > > > } > > > > } else { > > > > get.releaseConnection(); > > > > } > > > > return httpConn; > > > > > > > > } > > > > After i get this authenticated session, I create RestTemplate and invoke > > REST services. > > > > RESTClient rs = new RESTClient("mifos", "testmifos"); > > > > HttpClient httpClient = rs.prepareConnection(); > > > > CommonsClientHttpRequestFactory cf = new > > CommonsClientHttpRequestFactory(httpClient); > > > > RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate(cf); > > > > String url = "http://localhost:9081/mifos/personnel/id-current.json";; > > > > HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders(); > > > > headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON); > > > > String result = restTemplate.getForObject(url, String.class); > > > > Could you please advise if there is a better way to achieve this? Thanks. > > Regards, > > Satish > > > > > > On 16 November 2011 21:51, Udai Gupta <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> > >> I have an example how the authentication works using python. > >> > https://github.com/mifos/head/blob/master/rest/scripts/mifos-rest.py#L47 > >> > >> url = base_url + '/j_spring_security_check' > >> data = urllib.urlencode({'j_username' : username, 'j_password' : > >> password, 'spring-security-redirect' : '/status.json'}) > >> headers = {'User-agent' : 'Mifos REST Client', > >> 'Content-Type':'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'} > >> req = Request(url, data, headers) > >> > >> You have to submit these parameters. > >> j_usename = mifos > >> j_password = testmifos > >> spring-security-redirect: /status.json > >> > >> to URL like http://localhost:8080/mifos/j_spring_security_check > >> with > >> 'Content-Type':'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' > >> > >> The response on successful login will contain cookie with jsessionid > >> for authentication. > >> and a JSON response { status : 'Success' } > >> > >> If you are looking into a specific client/language let me know I will > >> try to create an example code for authentication and successful call. > >> > >> Udai > >> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Satish <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> > Hi Udai/Binny, > >> > I have been following up recent development on the REST front in Mifos > >> > and > >> > trying to build a external client which will consume the web services. > >> > I have been trying this from a spring app ( I did try to follow up > >> > Udai's > >> > python client too) but couldnt successfully authenticate mifos. As I > >> > understand, i will have to authenticate and then maintain cookie data > >> > for > >> > following request, however It is just not working out. May I ask you > to > >> > help me with a little code snippet in Java which can let me > authenticate > >> > with mifos and save cookie to use for subsequest request? > >> > I tried various ways to create a http request and send it to mifos, > but > >> > either it fails with "invalid username/password" (which is misleading) > >> > or > >> > does nothing. > >> > Also, I see in REST API for authentication at > >> > > >> > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dZWg7Dw6kGJbpowjHJRCgdX3r9EI3p2K2yCGcC0s6XM/edit?hl=en_US > >> > 1)Authentication > >> > Content-Type:application/json > >> > url:http://localhost:8080/mifoslive/authenticate > >> > method:post > >> > Body: > >> > { > >> > PersonnelDetails: { > >> > userName: "support", > >> > password: "password" > >> > } > >> > } > >> > Is this really there in place? I couldnt find it. Could any one of you > >> > help > >> > me sort this authentication with mifos please? > >> > Sorry about sending a direct email, My group access is not working > yet. > >> > I > >> > will appreciate your help. thanks. > >> > Regards, > >> > Satish > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > Mifos-developer mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:> > Unsubscribe or change settings at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mifos-developer > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mifos Developer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mifosdeveloper. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
