Description
Do authentication on API. Use API key instead.
Params
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| username | string | Your username. |
| password | string | Your password. |
Returned data
Type: string
Description: Returns the session id. It can be used to access other functions.
Json sample code
<?php
$curl = curl_init('https://your_address/ccm/admin/api/version/2/&type=json');
$postData = array(
'function' => 'doAuthentication',
'username' => 'my_username',
'password' => 'my_password',
);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($postData));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$json = curl_exec($curl);
if ($json === false) {
die('Request failed with error: '. curl_error($curl));
}
$result = json_decode($json);
if ($result->status == 0) {
die('Bad status returned. Error: '. $result->error);
}
var_dump($result->data);
Result of API call
string(40) "2a346220242b9c8949cdc018b12345d0d9ff936a"