Hi Paul Sorry only just got around to your email in my inbox! Do you have a link to the API documentation? or if not, as well as the token end point in your code (/rest/api/token/) do you also have an authorisation end point?
Regards Chris. -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com> On Behalf Of Paul H. Tarver Sent: 12 July 2022 20:13 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: Need Help - Foxpro & Chilkat & Rest API I started reading Rick's material yesterday and it definitely helped me get to the point of getting an OAuth2.0 token back. I just need to get back and finish reading his work and the API documentation (which is definitely not written for VFP!) and maybe it will help me understand how to convert the Postman information into VFP code which calls Chilkat tools to accomplish building the data requests. I got the token request and a data request functioning in Postman first which did help but none of the code examples are from a VFP point of view, so I'm having to translate their code into something I can use in VFP with Chilkat. I'm pretty sure I can handle the extraction of the data from the responses. In fact, I ran into a situation yesterday where the Chilkat LoadJson function wasn't working right and it turned out the token response didn't match the layout Chilkat expects. So, I just used VFP Alines() to break apart the Json elements which worked quite nicely. Getting my head wrapped around the formation of the API requests is without a doubt the hardest part of this. However, trying to learn Chilkat + API at the same time is making the process more complicated I think. That's why I was hoping to get some other sample code to review since Chilkat's examples are mostly for specific published API's and do not use a more generalized approach. At least I figured out yesterday how to use Chilkat to get more useful feedback from the API server than just the 400 error so that has been helpful. Paul H. Tarver Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Richard Kaye Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 10:54 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: Need Help - Foxpro & Chilkat & Rest API That was the 30,000 for view, of course. 😊 Gotta get your head wrapped around the requirements of the API you’re calling. What I’m referring to is the architecture of the internal APIs written by my engineering team here. There are a couple of different flavors and the token handling isn’t consistent between the two. I really did find that going through Rick’s tutorials were very helpful since it’s got the VFP perspective. -- rk From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com> On Behalf Of Paul H. Tarver Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 11:19 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: Need Help - Foxpro & Chilkat & Rest API I wish it was as easy to program as it was to read your explanation! :) But I guess if it were really easy, then everyone would be learning to code. :) Paul H. Tarver Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Richard Kaye Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 9:20 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com<mailto:profoxt...@leafe.com> Subject: RE: Need Help - Foxpro & Chilkat & Rest API Generally speaking, the token is the key that unlocks access to the APIs you want to call. So you need to persist that in your business object, and pass it to any API calls you make. Depending on the API you're hitting, the token value could be in the request header or it could be a key:value pair in the payload. -- rk From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com<mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com>> On Behalf Of Paul H. Tarver Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 9:38 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com<mailto:profoxt...@leafe.com> Subject: RE: Need Help - Foxpro & Chilkat & Rest API Definitely! I did have a small breakthrough yesterday as I was able to get an OAuth2 Token returned from within VFP. Woohoo! Now if I can just figure out what to do with it. :) Paul H. Tarver Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Monday, July 11, 2022 4:54 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com<mailto:profoxt...@leafe.com<mailto:profoxt...@leafe.com%3cmailto:profoxt...@leafe.com>> Subject: Re: Need Help - Foxpro & Chilkat & Rest API On Jul 11, 2022, at 16:51, Paul H. Tarver <p...@tpcqpc.com<mailto:p...@tpcqpc.com<mailto:p...@tpcqpc.com%3cmailto:p...@tpcqpc.com>>> wrote: > > I'll keep looking for your project and when you release it, I'll > definite consider upgrading to your tool as soon as I can. Sounds like a potential beta tester! ;-) -- Ed Leafe [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/06a601d89623$628f2640$27ad72c0$@tpcqpc.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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