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To authenticate a username retrieve the details for a user you will need to call the GetUserDetails method.

AuthenticateUser

Input Parameters

The GetUserDetails method needs the following parameters:

ClientId

This is the id for the client that was returned by the CreateSessionKey method.

SessionKey

This is the SessionKey for the client that was returned by the CreateSessionKey method.

UserId

This is the unique user id for the user as stored in the MyAlerts database.

Returned Parameters

The following parameters will be returned:

     <GetUserDetailsResult>
        <Error>
          <Code>string</Code>
          <Description>string</Description>
        </Error>
        <Success>boolean</Success>
        <UserDetails>
          <Firstname>string</Firstname>
          <Lastname>string</Lastname>
          <Nickname>string</Nickname>
          <Email>string</Email>
          <Tel>string</Tel>
          <Username>string</Username>
          <Password>string</Password>
        </UserDetails>
      </GetUserDetailsResult>

Error - Code / Description

An error code and description if the call to the web service is unsuccessful and the Success if False.

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1021 – User authentication failed

Success

This will be either True or False. If False an error message will be provided in the Error result, if True the UserDetails will be provided.

UserDetails

A UserDetails entry will be returned with the following entries:

Firstname

The first name for the user.

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