Not able to Authenticate to REST API

William Fennell

I am new to the CS REST API. I've got a local file that can authenticate to the CS REST APIs just fine, but when I try to run through an IIS server using Integrated Windows Authentication and ASP.NET Impersonation, I'm unable to generate the OTCSTICKET. Using Fiddler, I see that I'm getting a 401 error. Our CS environment authenticates using Directory Services. Any help, and examples or direction would be a huge help. I've looked through other postings, but so far nothing I've tried seems to work.

Here's the jQuery ajax call we're trying to make:

var otcsticket;
        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: "http://llprimedev.santeecooper.com/cmis/livelink.exe/api/v1/auth",
            data: { username: "User", password: "Password" }
        }).done(function (data) {
            otcsticket = data.ticket;
            $('#messageArea').append("succeeded, otcsticket:", otcsticket);
        }).fail(function (request, statusText, statusMessage) {
            $('#messageArea').append("failed, message:", statusMessage);
        }); 

Thanks in advance!

Ferdinand Prantl

You should set up an additional virtual directory in the IIS for the /cgi server directory with anonymous authentication enabled and IWA disabled, for example:

http://llprimedev.santeecooper.com/cmis-rest

You would point the REST API client to this virtual directory and not to the virtual directory which you use when accessing the classic CS UI:

http://llprimedev.santeecooper.com/cmis-rest/livelink.exe/api/v1/...

There are a couple of posts in this form about IWA.