Connect OAuth2 credentials request issue

[oskrypuch]

I have the organization setup, and the iP entered.

I can GET the authorization code, then able to PUT to obtain the token, no errors.

But at the last step, when doing a final GET I just get the main VATSIM signin screen rather than a json string.

From the docs you need for the final step ...

Make a get request to the API with the following headers.

'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token> 
'Accept' => 'application/json'

API Endpoint

    https://auth.vatsim.net/api/user

There appears to be a missing single quote in the description, which may be the ambiguity I'm hitting.

With my urlencoded GET call, let's just (way) shorten the token to 0123, I have ...

https://auth.vatsim.net/api/user?authorization=0123&accept=application/json

I have also tried using:

https://auth.vatsim.net/api/user?authorization=Bearer0123&accept=application/json
https://auth.vatsim.net/api/user?authorization=Bearer 0123&accept=application/json

What am I doing wrong?

Seems I'm just one step away.

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[jonaseberle]

I have not used that API, but the problem is probably that you are trying to encapsulate the data in the URL, but it is meant to be sent as HTTP headers.

[oskrypuch]

Ah, of course. Will try that. Thanks!

Something like ...

header("Authorization: 01234");
header("Accept: application/json");

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[jonaseberle]

header("Authorization: Bearer 01234");

That looks like PHP. Have you checked out ready-to-use VATSIM provider that already implemented /user (haven't tried it but looks like what you need).

[oskrypuch]

Yes, this is php.

header() won't work as it won't forward the headers on redirect.

But a curl request works nicely!

         $url = 'https://auth.vatsim.net/api/user';
        $token = $decode['access_token'];    

//open connection
         $ch = curl_init();

//set the url, and data
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);

//So that curl_exec returns the contents of the cURL; rather than echoing it
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Authorization: Bearer ".$token, "Accept: application/json"));

//execute post
         $result = curl_exec($ch);

Done.

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[oskrypuch]

Once I clean it up, will post the entire query, doesn't need a library, and it's slim code. I'm sure someone else will need to travel the same road.

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