Perform an authentication call

You must implement the RESTful service interface on the client side. This is necessary in order to send a request for the authorization code prior to sending a data request. By default, the posted authorization code must be used within 20 minutes for data request calls to the Alfabet FastLane RESTful API. You can create the client interface to either request a new authorization key before each data request call or in regular time intervals. The authorization period can be changed on request.

The authorization call must be sent to the following URL:

• URLOfTheAlfabetAPIServer/api/token

The method for the call is POST.

The Content-Type field of the HTTP header must be defined as Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

The body of the request must be defined as grant_type=password&username=youralfabetRESTusername&password=youralfabetRESTuserAPIpassword

The answer is a JSON response with the following structure:

• {
• "token_type": "bearer"
• access_token":"token"
• "expires_in": 1200
• }

The expires_in field returns the time that the token is valid in seconds.

The calls to the Alfabet FastLane RESTful API must be sent to the following URL, whereby URLOfTheAlfabetAPIServer must be amended with the endpoint specification as described in the following chapters:

• URLOfTheAlfabetAPIServer/api/v2/EndpointName

The data in the response of the authorization call must be added as the authorization key to the header of all requests sent to the Alfabet FastLane RESTful API. The following format is required:

• Authorization:TypeValue

Type is the value in the token_type field and Value is the value in the access_token field.