REST webservices , Obtain Access Key

[Legacy User]

Hi,

 

I want to connect to SDM using REST web services. I'm using SOAPui as a tool to connect.

 

Below is the example is from CA SDM guide;

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Example Obtain an Access Key

This REST API example demonstrates how to obtain an access key (login) for userid ServiceDesk. Perform this operation using SSL to avoid risking an unauthorized user stealing your secret key. Keep the force_unique_userid Options Manager option enabled at all times. When you disable this option, and multiple contact records with the same login ID exist, problems with data partitions, multi-tenancy, security, and other functions can occur.

The following example shows the request:

POST /caisd-rest/rest_access HTTP/1.1 
Host: hostname 
Content-Type: application/xml;charset=UTF-8 
Authorization: Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==
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Before I can obtain the Access Key, I need to know the "Authorization Key".
Where I can get the Authorization Key (QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==)?

 

 

[Jon_Israel]

Hi Mohd Hizam Ahmad,

Take a look at this documentation page: REST HTTP Methods - CA Service Management - 14.1 - CA Technologies Documentation

There is some information there regarding the authorization key (just search for the word "authorization" when on the page).  I believe there is a sample rest call which shows you how to obtain the authorization key.

I believe this is what you are looking for.

Hope this helps,
Jon I.

[System]

Hi hizam - Did jJon_Israel's response help answer your question? If so please mark as Correct Answer. Thanks!

[Gordon Preston]

Hi Hiazam

 

As discussed in our support case, you need to make a POST using the rest_access method to get back the access_key

 

Here is the call in raw format:

 

POST http://server1:8050/caisd-rest/rest_access HTTP/1.1

Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate

Content-Type: application/xml;charset=UTF-8

Authorization: Basic U2VydmljZURlc2s6Zmx5JGF3YXk=

Content-Length: 14

Host: server1:8050

Connection: Keep-Alive

User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.1.1 (java 1.5)

 

<rest_access/>

 

And the response in xml format:

 

<rest_access id="400408" REL_ATTR="400408" COMMON_NAME="1713767291">

<link href="http://server1:8050/caisd-rest/rest_access/400408" rel="self"/>

<access_key>1713767291</access_key>

<expiration_date>1470692742</expiration_date>

</rest_access>

 

Here is the screenshot from SoapUI:

 

 

 

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Gordon.

[Legacy User]

Hi,

 

Now I'm able to obtain an access key. Thanks for your help.Gordon_Preston

 

 

[Anon Anon]

Hi Gordon_Preston,

 

I want to fetch the populated items from the status drop down list in incident form as well as in problem and request form.

Is any REST API available for doing the above operation?

 

I referred the document also but it doesn't help me.

 

Your help on this will be verymuch helpful for me.

 

Thanks & Regards,

Kumaresan M

[Gordon Preston]

Hi Kumaresan,

 

The incident/problem/request status information is stored in the crs object so you would use:

"GET /caisd-rest/crs"

 

Hope that this helps

Gordon.

[Anon Anon]

Hi Gordon_Preston,

 

Thank you so much.

 

I tried the above object but it returns the entire available statuses .

I just want to fetch the populated items from the status drop down list.

 

So any filters available for this?

 

Regards,

Kumaresan M

[Gordon Preston]

Kumaresan,

 

See this link for details on using a where clause in a GET request. To see the attributes of the crs object that you can use to filter on, run the following command on the Service Desk server:

bop_sinfo -d crs

 

Regards,

Gordon.

[Anon Anon]

Hi Gordon_Preston,

 

Thats Great, Thank you so much gordon.

I have another one query.

 

is any REST API available to Update or insert the activity log for incident/request/problem?

 

Your help on this would be great!!

 

Thanks & Regards,

Kumaresan M