OAuthAPI.InitService

To be called in a Genero Web service started via OpenID Connect accessing another secure RESTful Web service as a client.

Syntax

InitService( 
   cnx_timeout INTEGER, 
   access_token STRING )
  RETURNS BOOLEAN
  1. cnx_timeout is a connection timeout from the REST service with value in seconds. The connection timeout is needed to avoid apps getting blocked by requests.
  2. access_token is the valid access token for accessing the RESTful Web service.

Returns FALSE if the mandatory access token is null.

Usage

Use this function to register the access token to be used when a service (server side) has to connect (as a service client) to another service protected by an access token. It checks if the OAuth service is initiated.

The role of the function is to register the access token, so that you can then call any of the OAuthAPI methods, such as CreateHTTPAuthorizationRequest, to perform requests to the other service.

In case of error, a NULL value will be returned.

In the code sample, the WSContext dictionary is defined to get some information coming from the service configuration file (.xcf).

The access token set during token validation to check access to the service is required to access the client service. Therefore, you need to call InitService() with it.

Typically, only the access token is required. If you need to get metadata, a call to FetchOpenIDMetadata() saves the metadata in an OpenIDMetadataType record.

OAuthAPI.InitService function

IMPORT FGL OAuthAPI

PRIVATE DEFINE ctx DICTIONARY ATTRIBUTE(WSContext) OF STRING

MAIN
  DEFINE metadata     OAuthAPI.OpenIDMetadataType
  DEFINE access_token STRING
  DEFINE idp          STRING

 
  # retrieve access_token 
  LET access_token = ctx["OIDC_ACCESS_TOKEN"]
  
  # retrieve IDP URL
  LET idp = ctx["Parameter-IDP"]

  # retrieve metadata
  CALL OAuthAPI.FetchOpenIDMetadata(5,idp) RETURNING metadata.*
  
  # Init OAuth service
  IF NOT OAuthAPI.InitService(5, access_token) THEN
    DISPLAY "Cannot initiate OAuth service"
  END IF

  CALL MyOtherService(access_token)
  
  # ... 
  
END MAIN