Method: App42::User::UserService#authenticate

Defined in:
lib/user/UserService.rb

#authenticate(uName, pwd) ⇒ Object

Authenticate user based on userName and password

if authentication fails or username/password is blank or null

Parameters:

  • user_name —

    • UserName which should be unique for the App

  • pwd —

    • Password for the User

Returns:

  • Whether the user is authenticated or not.

Raises:

  • App42Exception



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# File 'lib/user/UserService.rb', line 350

def authenticate(uName, pwd)
  puts "authenticateUser Called "
  puts "Base url #{@base_url}"
  response,usr = nil
  usr, util = User.new, Util.new
  util.throwExceptionIfNullOrBlank(uName, "UserName")
  util.throwExceptionIfNullOrBlank(pwd, "Password")
  begin
    connection = App42::Connection::RESTConnection.new(@base_url)
    body = {'app42' => {"user"=> {
      "userName" => uName,
      "password" => pwd
      }}}.to_json
    puts "Body #{body}"
    query_params = {}
    params = {
      'apiKey'=> @api_key,
      'version' => @version,
      'timeStamp' => util.get_timestamp_utc,
    }
    query_params = params.clone
    params.store("body", body)
    signature = util.sign(@secret_key, params)
    resource_url = "#{@version}/#{@resource}/authenticate"
    response = connection.post(signature, resource_url, query_params, body)
    user = UserResponseBuilder.new
    usr = user.buildResponse(response)
  rescue  App42Exception =>e
    raise e
  rescue  Exception => e
    raise e
  end
  return usr
end