- URL:
- https://<root>/generateToken
- Methods:
POST- Version Introduced:
- 10.1
Access requirements
Required privileges
The Sever Administrator API requires privilege-based access. An administrator must be assigned a specific user privilege, or role, to access any given endpoint. Listed below are the user privileges or roles an administrator can be assigned that provides access to this endpoint. If multiple privileges are listed, only one needs to be assigned to gain access.
Note that administrators assigned a custom role must also have the administrative View all content privilege assigned to them to access the API directory as an administrator. Additonally, any custom roles that include a webhook-related privilege must also include the general Publish server-based layers content privilege.
Tokens
This API requires token-based authentication. A token is automatically generated for administrators who sign in to the Server Administrator API directory's HTML interface. Tokens generated in this way are stored for the entirety of the session.
Those accessing the API directory outside of the HTML interface will need to acquire a session token from the generate operation in the Portal Directory API. For security reasons, all POST requests made to the Server Administrator API must include a token in the request body.
Description
The generate operation generates a token that can be used by clients when working with the Server Admin API.
Request parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| The name of an administrative account for the site. Example |
| The credentials of the administrative account. Example |
| The client IP or HTTPS Referer to which the generated token will be bound. Values: |
(Optional; Required if | The base URL of the web application that will invoke the Server Admin API. Example |
(Optional; Required if | The IP address of the machine that will invoke the Administrator API. Example |
| The time in minutes for which the token must be valid. Example |
| The response format. The default response format is Values: |
Example usage
The following is a sample POST request for the generate operation:
POST /<context>/admin/generateToken HTTP/1.1
Host: organization.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []
username=user1&password=testpassword&client=referer&referer=https://organization.example.com&expiration=90&f=jsonJSON Response syntax
{
"token":"<token>",
"expires": "<date>"
}JSON Response example
{
"token": "sakjfh97325437hskfsdfd_sdkjfsjf1283763339564921734sdfbdsj",
"expires": "13472658353687"
}