What is the server-side code required to process the following web api POST request?
Private Function Authorise(authdata As authdata) As String
Dim authtoken As String
Dim payload As String = New JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(authdata)
' Create a byte array of the data to be sent
Dim byteArray As Byte() = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(payload)
' Setup the Request
Dim request As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create(App.DeploymentURL & "/api/v1/auth/"), HttpWebRequest)
With request
.Method = "POST"
.UserAgent = "node-superagent/0.18.0"
.ContentType = "application/json"
.ContentLength = byteArray.Length
End With
' Write data
Dim postStream As System.IO.Stream = request.GetRequestStream()
postStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length)
postStream.Close()
' Send Request & Get Response
Dim response As HttpWebResponse
Try
response = request.GetResponse()
Dim j As Object
Using reader As StreamReader = New StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())
' Get the Response Stream
Dim json As String = reader.ReadLine()
j = New JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize(Of Object)(json)
End Using
If response.StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK Then
' get and return the authentication token for the verify fucntion
authtoken = j("token")
Else
Throw New trEx(eErrors.AUTH_ERROR, "Error getting authorisation for Toteraider - " & j("status"))
End If
Catch webex As WebException
Throw New trEx(eErrors.WEBEXCEPTION, CType(webex.Response, HttpWebResponse).StatusCode & " " & CType(webex.Response, HttpWebResponse).StatusDescription & " when processing a Toteraider Auth" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Request was: " & request.ToString & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & webex.ToString)
End Try
Return authtoken
End Function
