Hi,
I'm trying to generate a token from a Portal url. It generates a token when pasting this link into a web browser:
https://portalUrl/sharing/rest/generateToken?&f=json
but when I run this code:
function getToken(portalUrl, username, password) {
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "https://portalUrl/sharing/rest/generateToken?username=username&password=password&f=json";
xmlhttp.open("POST", url, false);
xmlhttp.send();
if (xmlhttp.status == 200) {
var responseJSON = JSON.parse(xmlhttp.responseText)
if (responseJSON && !responseJSON.error) {
return responseJSON.token;
} else {
return "ERROR";
}
} else {
return "ERROR"
}
}
I get an error.
and I've created this in XHR code too:
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.withCredentials = true;
xhr.addEventListener("readystatechange", function() {
if(this.readyState === 4) {
console.log(this.responseText);
}
});
xhr.open("POST", "https://portalUrl/sharing/rest/generateToken?username=username&password=password&f=json");
xhr.send();
and this throws the following error:
{"error":{"code":400,"message":"Unable to generate token.","details":["POST request should not contain username and password in the query string."]}}
Any ideas or help is appreciated.
Thank you.