sample code

Bob_Thompson

hi,

the link posted inside "Help with authentication" has been removed. can anyone please post any sample code which does authentication / posting once again?

thanks!

eleith

sorry, don't have code on me right now to post, but i can detail out the process (be aware, this is on an older version of vanilla, i have not worked with the newer version as of yet)

all the calls that need authentication require having a transient key, you can get that by making a call to this controller: https://github.com/eleith/vanilla-api-addon/blob/master/controllers/class.sessioncontroller.php

so basically, after the user has logged in (or you have some sort of single sign on implemented), make a call to

/api/session

what you get back is the users transientkey. (a generated string that will work for that session)

then make a call to any other controllers and pass that key in

/api/discussion/add (POST:Discussion/CategoryID, Discussion/Body, Discussion/Name, Discussion/TransientKey)

the above are the key values you need to pass in form that call, you can see the other apis supported here: https://github.com/eleith/vanilla-api-addon

sorry, this is not fully documented, i don't use it anymore so haven't had the need. i don't even know if it works with recent versions of vanilla. feel free to push updates if you want to better document it!

x00

There is a native api for most things.
http://vanillaforums.org/docs/api

zakaluka

True, but adding to a discussion is not part of the native API (at least, according to that page).

x00

What I'm saying is it would be better to extend that

why not use

GET /post/discussion

pick up transient key then

POST

/post/discussion

That is the whole point of mating MCV with REST. It is not really REST if the resources are in different places.

zakaluka

Agreed - Extending the current API would be fantastic (I just posted a question in the forums about that). Have you looked into doing that or do you know someone who is working on it?