https://api.i4a.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Authentication 2026-04-17T18:11:47Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://api.i4a.com/index.php?title=Authentication&diff=72&oldid=prev 2017-04-14T17:52:22Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:52, 14 April 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Requirements ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Requirements ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* SOAP.  The authentication protocol currently utilizes SOAP.  This is the mechanism that the i4a website uses to provide authentication.  This is a common protocol, with broad support and a lot of online resources that can provide both education as well as support for this.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* SOAP.  The authentication protocol currently utilizes SOAP.  This is the mechanism that the i4a website uses to provide authentication.  This is a common protocol, with broad support and a lot of online resources that can provide both education as well as support for this.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A dedicated admin i4a account to use for this.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You </ins>can <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">manage your API login and Token values </ins>by logging into your site admin <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and selecing </ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">API Settings</ins>' from the Admin menu. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On this screen, you can define a username/password to use with your API. This username will NOT count against your admin seats, however it can only be used to authenticate through the API and cannot be used as </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">regular admin acct</ins>. Your <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">site should already have a token defined for it, but if you wish you can generate a new one. Please be aware that any changes to these values </ins>will <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">require that any existing code that uses </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">i4a API must be updated with your changed values</ins>.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* The GUID token that is unique for each i4a website.  This value </del>can <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be obtained </del>by logging into your site admin<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, then choosing </del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Site Stats</del>' from the Admin <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dropdown </del>menu. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> Within that page is </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">value labeled 'GUID'</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Your <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">vendor </del>will <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">need this value to use </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">authentication routines</del>.</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Use ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Use ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Laura https://api.i4a.com/index.php?title=Authentication&diff=10&oldid=prev 2011-01-12T17:48:00Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:48, 12 January 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* A dedicated admin i4a account to use for this.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* A dedicated admin i4a account to use for this.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The GUID token that is unique for each i4a website.  This value can be obtained by logging into your site admin, then choosing &#039;Site Stats&#039; from the Admin dropdown menu.  Within that page is a value labeled &#039;GUID&#039;.  Your vendor will need this value to use the authentication routines.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The GUID token that is unique for each i4a website.  This value can be obtained by logging into your site admin, then choosing &#039;Site Stats&#039; from the Admin dropdown menu.  Within that page is a value labeled &#039;GUID&#039;.  Your vendor will need this value to use the authentication routines.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Use ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* To access the authentication routine, your vendor must first authenticate themselves.  You could think of this as an initial handshake so that both parties can then begin further communication.  </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

Langhorne https://api.i4a.com/index.php?title=Authentication&diff=8&oldid=prev 2011-01-12T17:44:29Z

<p>Created page with &quot;== About == this article discusses how to perform remote authentication using your i4a website and data from a remote website or program. It&#039;s important to note that the remote ...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== About ==<br /> this article discusses how to perform remote authentication using your i4a website and data from a remote website or program. It&#039;s important to note that the remote process need NOT be a website, it could be an application, even a mobile app or mobile website.<br /> <br /> == Requirements ==<br /> * SOAP. The authentication protocol currently utilizes SOAP. This is the mechanism that the i4a website uses to provide authentication. This is a common protocol, with broad support and a lot of online resources that can provide both education as well as support for this.<br /> * A dedicated admin i4a account to use for this.<br /> * The GUID token that is unique for each i4a website. This value can be obtained by logging into your site admin, then choosing &#039;Site Stats&#039; from the Admin dropdown menu. Within that page is a value labeled &#039;GUID&#039;. Your vendor will need this value to use the authentication routines.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[category:Information]][[category:HowTo]]</div>

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