wiki:XmlRpcLogIn

LogIn

Intro

login given user, set interface language and initiate session

Description

struct LogIn(string $username, string $password, string $language, string $useragent)

Login user username identified by password password communicating in language language and working in client application useragent.

This function should be always called when starting communication with OSDb server to identify user, specify application and start a new session (either registered user or anonymous).

If user has no account, blank username and password should be used.

Parameters

username
nickname of user that's trying to login, can be left blank if logging in anonymously
password
user's password to verify identity, can be left blank if logging in anonymously
language
ISO639 2-letter language code to specify the language all subsequent communication should use (mainly for error messages).
useragent (required)
identifier of application/useragent that is trying to execute this operation, must be specified, empty parameter is not allowed

Return Values

Output is returned in this structure:

  struct(
    (string) [token],
    (string) [status],
    (double) [seconds]
  )

and contains these elements:

token
token string/session id, must be used in subsequent communication
status
function result code, see list of status codes
seconds
time taken to execute this command on server

Implementations

Delphi?

Changelog

Version 1: created this function

Examples

Input

<methodCall>
 <methodName>LogIn</methodName>
 <params>
  <param>
   <value><string>eduo</string></value>
  </param>
  <param>
   <value><string>******</string></value>
  </param>
  <param>
   <value><string>en</string></value>
  </param>
  <param>
   <value><string>SolEol 0.0.8</string></value>
  </param>
 </params>
</methodCall>

Output

<methodResponse>
<params>
 <param>
  <value>
   <struct>
    <member>
     <name>token</name>
     <value><string>j5dkms7al7vivnrvaflbpf6634</string></value>
    </member>
    <member>
     <name>status</name>
     <value><string>200 OK</string></value>
    </member>
    <member>
     <name>seconds</name>
     <value><double>0.035</double></value>
    </member>
   </struct>
  </value>
 </param>
</params>
</methodResponse>

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