Starting with REST API

Jeff Wogan

I'm beginning to work with Content Server's REST API and am hitting an "Internal error" coming back from CS. CS 10.5 has been installed on top of a Win2008 R1 SP1 / IIS7.5 / Tomcat 7.0.42.
I can log into CS from a browser, however if I use the following AJAX call:

    //var url = 'http://<server>/OTCS105/cs.exe/api/vi/auth';
    var url = 'http://<server>/livelink/llisapi.dll/api/v1/auth';
    var credentials = { userName: "<username>", password: "<password>" };

    $.support.cors = true;
    $.ajax({
            url:url,
            type:"POST",
            crossDomain: true,
            data:credentials,
            dataType:"json",
            contentType: "application/json",
            success:function(res){
                console.log(JSON.stringify(res));
            },
            error:function(res){
                console.log("Bad thing happend! " + res.statusText);
        }
    }); 

I see this message come back through Fiddler:

"The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred."

I've tried both /livelink/llisapi.dll and /OTCS105/cs.exe. Both allow me to manually login. Both return the same error in the AJAX call. I don't see any indication of what's causing the issue in either the IIS or Tomcat logs.

Werner de Jong

Hi Jeff,

This topic may be of help, as it deals with Content Server authentication.

You may also want to read the AppWorks Authentication article.

Regards,

Werner