AuthApiService

Namespace http://api.hi5.com/auth (wsdl):

The following methods are available on this endpoint:

auth_decodetoken

Decode the value of an authtoken

Given a raw value of an authtoken return it in it's decoded XML format.

Input Parameters

name description
authtoken Raw XML token, an opaque string.

Return Value

AuthToken representation of authtoken

Faults

name description
PermissionDeniedException if the token can't be decoded

auth_plain

Authenticate a user by their email address/password.

This is the simplest way to obtain an authentication token. For full functionality you will probably want to use a more secure method of authentication in the future.

This method will return an authentication token when given valid credentials.

The Hi5AuthToken allows for access to authenticated API calls. You can supply this token by adding it to the query string as the Hi5AuthToken parameter or by setting a cookie named Hi5AuthToken.

The response to this method will also return a Set-Cookie header with a correctly configured Hi5AuthToken cookie.

The following form will allow you to set the authentication cookie:

Username:
Password:
API Key:

Input Parameters

name description
api_key you api key for your widget
username The username.
password The password.

Return Value

The authentication token.

Faults

name description
PermissionDeniedException If authentication failed.

getLoginToken

Generates a hi5 site login token for the supplied auth token.

Siven a valid auth token, this method generates a hi5 site login token. The function is provided only for partner apps.

Input Parameters

name description
authToken (no documentation provided)
api_key (no documentation provided)
userId (no documentation provided)

Return Value

(no documentation provided)

Faults

name description
PermissionDeniedException if the auth token was invalid.
UnauthorizedException if request violates hi5's internal constraints.

renew

Regenerates a new AuthToken based on the given api_key.

Input Parameters

name description
authToken the original auth token with the original apikey
api_key The new apikey you want to have the Authtoken for.

Return Value

A new authentication token with the given api key

Faults

name description
PermissionDeniedException If authentication failed.

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