How to authenticate to share using the REST API ?

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ferbru60

I want to use the REST API to Share to create Share sites.

I can log into alfresco with this code :

use warnings;
use strict;

use HTTP::Request::Common;
use HTTP::Request;
use HTTP::Response;
use HTTP::Headers;
use LWP::UserAgent;

use JSON;

my $alfTicket;

my $host = 'localhost';
my $port = 8080;

sub login ()
{
   my ($username, $password) = @_;

   my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
   my $h = HTTP::Headers->new;
   $h->header ('Content-Type' => 'application/json', Accept=>'application/json');
   my $GetReq = HTTP::Request->new
      (
         'POST',
         "http://$host:$port/alfresco/service/api/login",
         $h,
         '{"username" : "' . $username . '","password" : "' . $password . '"}'
      );
    my $res = $ua->request($GetReq);
    # Check the outcome of the response
    if ($res->is_success)
    {
      print "Response :\n";
      print $res->as_string;
      print "\n\n**************************\n\n";
      my $hashRef = JSON::decode_json ($res->content);
      $alfTicket = $hashRef->{"data"}->{"ticket"};
        return 1;
    }
    else
    {
      print 'Error (' . $res->{_rc} . ') : ' . $res->{_msg} . "\n";
      print "\t" . $res->content . "\n";
        return 0;
    }
}

print "username: ";
my $username = <STDIN>;
chomp ($username);

print "password: ";
my $password = <STDIN>;
chomp ($password);

if (&login ($username, $password))
{
   print "$username is logged in !\n";
}
else
{
   print "$username can't log in $host:$port\n";
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Response :
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: no-cache
Connection: close
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:03:08 GMT
Pragma: no-cache
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8
Client-Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:03:08 GMT
Client-Peer: 130.190.227.201:8080
Client-Response-Num: 1

{
        "data":
        {
                "ticket":"TICKET_596cd264bc9bfa3492777bc13e4dd3cacabe0c41"
        }
}

In result I get a ticket back.
Further I can use this ticket to acces other REST API functions.
But I can't use It to create a site with POST /share/modules/create-site with this code :

use warnings;
use strict;

use HTTP::Request::Common;
use HTTP::Request;
use HTTP::Response;
use HTTP::Headers;
use LWP::UserAgent;

use JSON;

my $alfTicket;

my $host = 'localhost.fr';
my $port = 8080;

sub login ()
{
   my ($username, $password) = @_;

   my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
   my $h = HTTP::Headers->new;
   $h->header ('Content-Type' => 'application/json', Accept=>'application/json');
   my $GetReq = HTTP::Request->new
      (
         'POST',
         "http://$host:$port/alfresco/service/api/login",
         $h,
         '{"username" : "' . $username . '","password" : "' . $password . '"}'
      );
    my $res = $ua->request($GetReq);
    # Check the outcome of the response
    if ($res->is_success)
    {
      print "Response login :\n";
      print $res->as_string;
      print "\n\n**************************\n\n";
      my $hashRef = JSON::decode_json ($res->content);
      $alfTicket = $hashRef->{"data"}->{"ticket"};
        return 1;
    }
    else
    {
      print 'Error (' . $res->{_rc} . ') : ' . $res->{_msg} . "\n";
      print "\t" . $res->content . "\n";
        return 0;
    }
}

sub createShareSite ()
{
   my ($siteInfosRef) = @_;

   my $content = JSON::encode_json ($siteInfosRef);
   my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
   my $h = HTTP::Headers->new;
   $h->header ('Content-Type' => 'application/json', Accept=>'application/json');
   my $GetReq = HTTP::Request->new
      (
         'POST',
         "http://$host:$port/share/service/modules/create-site?alf_ticket=$alfTicket",
         $h,
         $content
      );
   print "—————————-\n";
   print "Request createShareSite :\n" . $GetReq->as_string . "\n";
   print "—————————-\n";
    my $res = $ua->request($GetReq);
   print "\n\n**************************\n\n";
   print "Response createShareSite :\n";
   print $res->as_string;
   print "\n\n**************************\n\n";
    if ($res->is_success)
    {
      print $res->content;
      print "\n";
        return 1;
    }
    else
    {
        return 0;
    }
}
print "username: ";
my $username = <STDIN>;
chomp ($username);

print "password: ";
my $password = <STDIN>;
chomp ($password);

if (&login ($username, $password))
{
   print "$username is logged in !\n";
   my %siteInfos;
   $siteInfos {'shortName'} = 'ferbru60';
   $siteInfos {'title'} = 'The ferbru60 site !';
   $siteInfos {'description'} = 'This is the ferbru60 site.';
   $siteInfos {'visibility'} = 'PRIVATE';
   $siteInfos {'sitePreset'} = 'site-dashboard';
   if (&createShareSite (\%siteInfos))
   {
      print "It's rocks !\n";
   }
   else
   {
      print "bad news\n";
   }
}
else
{
   print "$username can't log in $host:$port\n";
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I got
Response login :
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: no-cache
Connection: close
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:26:20 GMT
Pragma: no-cache
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8
Client-Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:26:20 GMT
Client-Peer: 130.190.227.201:8080
Client-Response-Num: 1

{
        "data":
        {
                "ticket":"TICKET_86d8f014c5b0b5bb6822542a848b9024ef04d4d1"
        }
}


**************************

ferbru60 is logged in !
—————————-
Request createShareSite :
POST http://localhost:8080/share/service/modules/create-site?alf_ticket=TICKET_86d8f014c5b0b5bb6822542a848b9024ef04d4d1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{"visibility":"PRIVATE","sitePreset":"site-dashboard","title":"The ferbru60 site !","shortName":"ferbru60","description":"This is the ferbru60 site."}

—————————-


**************************

Response createShareSite :
HTTP/1.1 401 Non-Autoris´+¢
Cache-Control: no-cache
Connection: close
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:26:20 GMT
Pragma: no-cache
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8
Client-Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:26:20 GMT
Client-Peer: 130.190.227.201:8080
Client-Response-Num: 1
Client-Warning: Missing Authenticate header

{
    "status" :
  {
    "code" : 401,
    "name" : "Unauthorized",
    "description" : "The request requires HTTP authentication."
  },

  "message" : "error.loggedOut",
  "exception" : "",

  "callstack" :
  [

  ],

  "server" : "Alfresco Community v3.2.0 (2039) schema 2-á019",
  "time" : "7 oct. 2009 16:26:20"
}



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bad news

It's really a bad news.

According to the error I've tried that :

use warnings;
use strict;

use HTTP::Request::Common;
use HTTP::Request;
use HTTP::Response;
use HTTP::Headers;
use LWP::UserAgent;

use JSON;

my $alfTicket;

my $host = 'localhost';
my $port = 8080;

sub createShareSite ()
{
   my ($username, $password, $siteInfosRef) = @_;

   my $content = JSON::encode_json ($siteInfosRef);
   my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
   my $h = HTTP::Headers->new;
   $h->header ('Content-Type' => 'application/json', Accept=>'application/json');
   $h->authorization_basic ($username, $password);
   my $GetReq = HTTP::Request->new
      (
         'POST',
         "http://$host:$port/share/service/modules/create-site",
         $h,
         $content
      );
   print "—————————-\n";
   print "Request createShareSite :\n" . $GetReq->as_string . "\n";
   print "—————————-\n";
    my $res = $ua->request($GetReq);
   print "\n\n**************************\n\n";
   print "Response createShareSite :\n";
   print $res->as_string;
   print "\n\n**************************\n\n";
    if ($res->is_success)
    {
      print $res->content;
      print "\n";
        return 1;
    }
    else
    {
        return 0;
    }
}
print "username: ";
my $username = <STDIN>;
chomp ($username);

print "password: ";
my $password = <STDIN>;
chomp ($password);

my %siteInfos;
$siteInfos {'shortName'} = 'ferbru60';
$siteInfos {'title'} = 'The ferbru60 site !';
$siteInfos {'description'} = 'This is the ferbru60 site.';
$siteInfos {'visibility'} = 'PRIVATE';
$siteInfos {'sitePreset'} = 'site-dashboard';
if (&createShareSite ($username, $password, \%siteInfos))
{
   print "It's rocks !\n";
}
else
{
   print "bad news\n";
}
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And I get that :

—————————-
Request createShareSite :
POST http://localhost:8080/share/service/modules/create-site
Accept: application/json
Authorization: Basic ZmVycmFyaWI6ZmVycmFyaWI=
Content-Type: application/json

{"visibility":"PRIVATE","sitePreset":"site-dashboard","title":"The ferbru60 site !","shortName":"ferbru60","description":"This is
the ferbru60 site."}

—————————-


**************************

Response createShareSite :
HTTP/1.1 401 Non-Autoris´+¢
Cache-Control: no-cache
Connection: close
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:32:42 GMT
Pragma: no-cache
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8
Client-Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:32:42 GMT
Client-Peer: 130.190.227.201:8080
Client-Response-Num: 1
Client-Warning: Missing Authenticate header

{
    "status" :
  {
    "code" : 401,
    "name" : "Unauthorized",
    "description" : "The request requires HTTP authentication."
  },

  "message" : "error.loggedOut",
  "exception" : "",

  "callstack" :
  [

  ],

  "server" : "Alfresco Community v3.2.0 (2039) schema 2-á019",
  "time" : "7 oct. 2009 16:32:42"
}



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bad news
It's really a bad news.

What I've missed ?

ferbru60

Forget this post. It seems It's not the right way to do that…

(cf. http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=22180)

Bruno