B4J Question [BANano] [SOLVED] Ajax Calls: How to Convert B4J Http Calls?

Mashiane · Dec 5, 2018

Hi there

I have'nt used this yet, i'm curious about your ajax calls. This is my case scenario.

1. GetAccessToken - I save the retrieved access token to a file. I can save this to localstorage in this case using BANano I think.
2. Used the saved access token to return other data from the rest api...

Here is how I am currently using it.

Step 1:

B4X:

'get the access token
Sub GetAccessToken() As ResumableSub
    Log("GetAccessToken")
    'set access token to blank
    access_token = ""
    Dim job As HttpJob
    'initialize a http request
    job.Initialize("",Me)
    'pass the url to get the token
    job.PostString("<endpoint>",$"grant_type=password&username=${userName}&password=${passWord}"$)
    'set the content type
    job.GetRequest.SetContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
    'wait for the web service to complete
    Wait For (job) JobDone(job As HttpJob)
    If job.Success Then
        'translate to a map
        Dim strResponse As String = job.GetString
        job.release
        Dim access As Map = Json2Map(strResponse)
        'assign variables
        access_token = access.GetDefault("access_token","")
        expires_in = access.GetDefault("expires_in","")
        'save the token to a file
        File.WriteString(File.DirApp,"access_token.txt",access_token)
        Return True
    Else
        If File.Exists(File.DirApp,accessTokenFile) Then File.Delete(File.DirApp,accessTokenFile)
        LogError($"A '${job.ErrorMessage}' has been experienced reading GetAccessToken!"$)
        job.Release
        Return False
    End If
End Sub

Step 2: Subsequent

2. Next calls to the rest api, i pass an endpoint and a header bearer with the user token. I have a couple of API calls that work like this.

B4X:

Sub ManyCallsLikeThis(ID As Int) As ResumableSub
    Log("ManyCallsLikeThis")
    'read the access token from file
    ReadAccessToken
    If access_token = "" Then Return False
    'define command to read the province delimitation
    Dim strCommand As String = $"<EndPoint>=${ID}"$
    'create an http request
    Dim job As HttpJob
    job.Initialize("",Me)
    job.Download(strCommand)
    'pass the access token
    job.GetRequest.SetHeader("Authorization", "bearer " & access_token)
    'wait until the job is finished
    Wait For (job) JobDone(job As HttpJob)
    If job.Success Then
        'get the response
        Dim strResponse As String = job.GetString
        job.release
        Dim Result As Map = Json2Map(strResponse)
        'get the party results
        Dim pr As List = Result.Get("pr")
        For Each prmap As Map In pr
        'do some things
Next
        Return True
    Else
        LogError($"A '${job.ErrorMessage}' has been experienced reading the ManyCallsLikeThis!"$)
        job.release
        Return False
    End If
End Sub

Question:

I just need advise on how I can perform this inside BANano AjaxCalls?

Thanks a lot.

alwaysbusy · Dec 6, 2018

I think this would need some change to the CallAjax methods to allow setting headers, but in theory it could look something like this.

B4X:

Dim access_token As String = ""
Dim userName As String = ""
Dim Password As String = ""
Dim expires_in As Int

public Sub GetAccessToken() 
   Dim headers As Map
   headers.Initialize
   headers.put("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
   Dim strResponse As String = BANano.CallAjaxWait("http://yoururl.com", "POST", "json", $"grant_type=password&username=${userName}&password=${Password}"$,False, headers)
   Dim json As BANanoJSONParser
   Try
       json.Initialize(strResponse)
       Dim access As Map = json.NextObject
       'assign variables
       access_token = access.GetDefault("access_token","")
       expires_in = access.GetDefault("expires_in","")
  
       BANano.SetCookie("mytoken", access_token, $"{"expires": ${expires_in}}"$)
   Catch
       BANano.RemoveCookie("mytoken", "")
   End Try
End Sub

public Sub ManyCallsLikeThis(ID As Int)
   Dim access_token As String = ""
   access_token = BANano.GetCookie("mytoken")
   If access_token = "" Then Return
  
   Dim headers As Map
   headers.Initialize
   headers.put("Authorization", "bearer " & access_token)
   Dim strResponse As String = BANano.CallAjaxWait("http://yoururl.com", "GET", "json", $"<EndPoint>=${ID}"$,False, headers)
   Dim json As BANanoJSONParser
   Try
       json.Initialize(strResponse)
       Dim Result As Map = json.NextObject
       Dim pr As List = Result.Get("pr")
       For Each prmap As Map In pr
           'do some things
       Next
   Catch
       Log(LastException.Message)      
   End Try
End Sub

But I would need access to your real REST API to test this theory.

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