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neel_psl's avatar
neel_psl
Ace
8 years ago

Getting an error while generating the session key through URL??

Hi,

I am getting an error while generating the session key through URL, 

i am using below url to generate the session key

http://community.stage.com/restapi/vc/authentication/sessions/login?user.login=USERNAME&user.password=PASSWORD

and i am getting error as

<response status="error">
  <error code="504">
     <message>
        Method 'get' is not supported off of node 'authentication_manager.sessions.login'.
     </message>
   </error>
</response>
 
so what should i do??
 
Thanks
 
    • abmpu's avatar
      abmpu
      Contributor
      7 years ago

      I'm facing the same issue. If I try a POST instead, I'm getting this :

       

      <response status="error">
<error code="302">
<message>
User authentication failed.
</message>
</error>
</response>

      Any idea why?

  • ashok285's avatar
    ashok285
    Ace
    7 years ago

    Hi abmpu

     

    Here's an example curl request for session key generation:

    curl -XPOST 'https://yourcommunity.com/restapi/vc/authentication/sessions/login?user.login=<login>&user.password=<password>'

    response is in this format  

    <response status="success">
     <value type="string">NO-1sPyPINXCQUDnQLjxcHnYVgyxF-qE5xIHlyUQzDU.</value>
    </response>

     

    when you are facing below error message may be you are giving wrong credential

    please check your username and password once

    <response status="error">
       <error code="302">
            <message>User authentication failed.</message>
       </error>
    </response>

     

    please refer https://community.lithium.com/t5/Developer-Documentation/bd-p/dev-doc-portal?section=sessionauth this link for reference  

     

     Give kudos if you find my posts helpful or mark solution if it answers your query.

    • abmpu's avatar
      abmpu
      Contributor
      7 years ago

      Thanks ashok285

      The issue here was that the user was not a native lithium user.

      • tealiumjustin's avatar
        tealiumjustin
        Expert
        7 years ago

        abmpu Can you clarify what you mean by "native lithium user"? I'm experiencing the exact symptoms as you described above (the GET error and the POST error). This is a user account that's been working for a long time and suddenly stopped working.