Authentication¶
To access objects through CHAOS.Portal you need authentication. Authentication can be granted through one of the following methods:
accessPointGUID¶
accessPointGUID is the general authentication method for anonymous end-user access. Because of this it is also more limited than other authentication such as Login, e.g. accessPointGUID does not give you access to browse folders or edit objects.
Authentication via accessPointGUID happens on a per-object basis: Each object has a list of accessPointGUIDs through which it is accessible. If an object is accessible via an accessPointGUID it is said to “published” on the accessPointGUID. The object can be published on an accessPointGUID for a certain time period.
You can authenticate yourself with accessPointGUID by supplying it as an parameter to the service:
For testing the API you can use the following accessPointGUID: 7A06C4FF-D15A-48D9-A908-088F9796AF28
Login¶
Login is a more powerful authentication method typically used for administration because it allows for editing objects and browsing folders. Authentication via login happens on a per-folder basis. That means a user has access to certain folders and by logging the user will have access to all objects in those folders.
To use login you first need to create a session
http://api.danskkulturarv.dk/Session/Create?protocolVersion=4
This call gives you a sessionGUID which you must supply as a parameter to all following API calls, e.g. sessionGUID=...
You can then authenticate the session by logging in: EmailPassword/Login