Call Web API using Basic Authentication

RE: Call Web API using Basic Authentication

Shanmukha — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:04:17 GMT

Hi Lakshmi,

I am just adding it to other comments. You can use basic authentication from any other application for calling Appian WEB API. But keep in mind that the process will only trigger based on the username that your passing in the basic authentication. It is okay when you want to trigger that process model always with the same user credentials. If you want to trigger a process model based on the user in third party application then it is better to use other alternative authentication mechanisms like SAML, LDAP and Others. In this case you trigger the process model based on the user is logged in your third part application.

You can decide the approach based on these.

Hope this may help.

RE: Call Web API using Basic Authentication

vishnuv — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 07:04:10 GMT

Hi,
From the Admin Console, have you configured the authentication on Appian ? This is an easy way to create a SAML Authentication as it provide you a basic authentication.
On the HTTP Query, pass the basic authentication using a!httpAuthenticationBasic
For reference you may check this post -- > community.appian.com/.../appian-with-angular-js & docs.appian.com/.../SAML_for_Single_Sign-On.html

Thanks.

RE: Call Web API using Basic Authentication

cyril bois — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 06:33:51 GMT

Hello,
the url https://www.hurl.it/ does not work anymore :( now it must be https://insomnia.rest/
Otherwise there is also the online tool extendsclass.com/rest-client-online.html

RE: Call Web API using Basic Authentication

vijayd — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:18:42 GMT

You can use SOAP UI. Create a REST Project and provide the Web API Url, configure authorization, headers and Web API security of that user.

RE: Call Web API using Basic Authentication

swapnac — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:15:14 GMT

Hello,

You can test on https://www.hurl.it/ (I usually do) along with you can invoke through SOAP UI or POSTMAN as suggested.

RE: Call Web API using Basic Authentication

PhilB — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:45:56 GMT

Postman is another popular client with which to test: https://www.getpostman.com/

RE: Call Web API using Basic Authentication

Arun Theja Muthyalu — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:48:53 GMT

Hi athilakshmim,

It really depends upon "on what" your Web Application is built on. If that was built on Java, the below link should get you started.

www.java2novice.com/.../

(Just found it on a Google search which looks good to me but never executed it personally.)

Thank you,
Arun

RE: Call Web API using Basic Authentication

kiranj — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:57:01 GMT

use Advanced Rest Client to call your provider by passing basic authentication (or) develop rest consumer code to make a call to Provider www.mkyong.com/.../

RE: Call Web API using Basic Authentication

Puspendu Pal — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:02:39 GMT

Hello, You should be able to use a client tool which is able to invoke a URL, even the browser. SoapUI is a good tool to use for testing.

More information at: docs.appian.com/.../Web_APIs.html