REST Service Request Parameters

[mikevkay]

Hi,

I'd be glad of some help here (if at all possible). I am trying to utilize a JSON API with the REST Service. The vendor's documentation directs user to send three parameters in the request body. These are:

(1) hashedKey
(2) salt
(3) params

I'm very stuck with (1) and (2). The description for the 'hashedKey' (1) is:
hashedKey = MD5 (yourSecretKey + yourRandomSalt)

in PHP and example would be:

$this-secretKey = $"MySecretKey";
$this-salt = rand(1,999999);
$this-hashedKey = md5($this-secretKey . $this-salt);

The vendors documentation is available here:

http://docs.kumulos.com/reference/lan...

I be really extremely grateful if anyone can point me in the right direction.

[maxkatz]

URL: http://api.kumulos.com/yourAPIKey/you...
Method: post
Data type: json
Content type: x-form-www-urlencoded
Check Use Tiggzi Proxy (here is why: http://blog.tiggzi.com/2012/03/rest-s...)

Two input parameters:
hashedKey
salt

Because above parameters need to be calculated, you should test them from a page by invoking the service.

First, add http://crypto-js.googlecode.com/files... to Project Project Profile External resources

Service mapping:

I used 'foo' but you can generate any string.

For hashedKey, add this JavaScript:
code
return Crypto.MD5(your_secret_key+"foo");
/code

Testing on a page (on button click):

Lastly, if you need to generate the salt for each request, generate it in the hashedKey JavaScript, save it into local storage and then read it JavaScript for salt parameter.

[mikevkay]

Max, many thanks. I followed you instructions and couldn't get it to work, but then figured out that I had to put the secret key (example: abc123) in quotes or is was looking for a varialbe abc123

so I wrote:

codereturn Crypto.MD5("abc123"+"foo");/code

Then it all worked. I took a sample response and "populate from sample response" and can now use the response mapping.

Its a great tool you have and I am enjoying getting to know it.