I'm starting to play the HTTPClient for a simple REST api app but finding it hard to work out how to set the authDetails from code. I've added it in the HTTP Client server properties from the UI and its working but I want to be able to specify these setting from code based on a users input (textfield).
Any pointers would be useful.
Thanks
Any ideas?
Hi @apt, the authDetails property of an HTTPClient object is a Map . For example, if the "Authentication Type" is "Basic Auth", its value is something like [username:xxx, password:xxx].
If you want to set it programmatically with, for example, the values from two text fields:
HTTPClient1.authDetails = ["username": TextField1.text, "password": TextField2.text]
I’ll give that a go thanks.
Ok so I have the following code:
HTTPClient1.authDetails = ["username": Window3.server_field.text, "password": Window3.password_field.text];
I have it in the Load event on the HTTPClient1 but its not triggering. Any ideas?
@apt,
what is not triggering exactly?
Some ideas:
Load event of the HTTPClient1 is invoked the two text fields have empty values or are not yet loaded (you can check this by adding a Console.write("server_field: \(Window3.server_field.text)"))HTTPClient1.authDetails is set correctly but it is never used because its HTTPRequest subnode doesn't run. An HTTPRequest runs automatically if configured as a dataset of a control (for example a table, a collection, etc.) or if it is used as a source object of a Binding, otherwise you should run programmatically with HTTPClient1.YourRequest.run()