Symphony API V1.0


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AuthenticateAbstractsUser

This method can be used to check that a username password combination is valid

Test

To test the operation using the HTTP POST protocol, click the 'Invoke' button.
Parameter Value
username:
password:

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /API/1_0/SOAP/SymphonyAPI.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: developer.sym-online.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "https://developer.sym-online.com/API/1_0/SOAP/AuthenticateAbstractsUser"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Header>
    <AuthenticationHeader xmlns="https://developer.sym-online.com/API/1_0/SOAP/">
      <Timestamp>string</Timestamp>
      <Operation>string</Operation>
      <Signature>string</Signature>
      <APIKey>string</APIKey>
    </AuthenticationHeader>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <AuthenticateAbstractsUser xmlns="https://developer.sym-online.com/API/1_0/SOAP/">
      <username>string</username>
      <password>string</password>
    </AuthenticateAbstractsUser>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <AuthenticateAbstractsUserResponse xmlns="https://developer.sym-online.com/API/1_0/SOAP/">
      <AuthenticateAbstractsUserResult>
        <ClientUserId>int</ClientUserId>
      </AuthenticateAbstractsUserResult>
    </AuthenticateAbstractsUserResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /API/1_0/SOAP/SymphonyAPI.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: developer.sym-online.com
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Header>
    <AuthenticationHeader xmlns="https://developer.sym-online.com/API/1_0/SOAP/">
      <Timestamp>string</Timestamp>
      <Operation>string</Operation>
      <Signature>string</Signature>
      <APIKey>string</APIKey>
    </AuthenticationHeader>
  </soap12:Header>
  <soap12:Body>
    <AuthenticateAbstractsUser xmlns="https://developer.sym-online.com/API/1_0/SOAP/">
      <username>string</username>
      <password>string</password>
    </AuthenticateAbstractsUser>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <AuthenticateAbstractsUserResponse xmlns="https://developer.sym-online.com/API/1_0/SOAP/">
      <AuthenticateAbstractsUserResult>
        <ClientUserId>int</ClientUserId>
      </AuthenticateAbstractsUserResult>
    </AuthenticateAbstractsUserResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP GET

The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /API/1_0/SOAP/SymphonyAPI.asmx/AuthenticateAbstractsUser?username=string&password=string HTTP/1.1
Host: developer.sym-online.com
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ReviewerAuthenticateResponse xmlns="https://developer.sym-online.com/API/1_0/SOAP/">
  <ClientUserId>int</ClientUserId>
</ReviewerAuthenticateResponse>

HTTP POST

The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /API/1_0/SOAP/SymphonyAPI.asmx/AuthenticateAbstractsUser HTTP/1.1
Host: developer.sym-online.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

username=string&password=string
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ReviewerAuthenticateResponse xmlns="https://developer.sym-online.com/API/1_0/SOAP/">
  <ClientUserId>int</ClientUserId>
</ReviewerAuthenticateResponse>