Create a Client Session Key

If you wish to create a client session key you will need to call the CreateSessionKey method. This method is available to developers from the Users.asmx Web Service and is the first step when using the My Alerts web service. The CreateSessionKey method must be called to retrieve the ClientId and SessionKey which are required in all calls to the My Alerts Web Services. This function is automatically called by the iShare portal.

Parameters

Name	Requirement	Description
Username	mandatory	This is the client user name as registered with Astun Technology Ltd.
Password	mandatory	This is the password for the client user name.
Key	mandatory	This is the unique key supplied by Astun Technology Ltd when you register.

Returns

Syntax

<CreateSessionKeyResult>
        <Error>
          <Code>string</Code>
          <Description>string</Description>
        </Error>
        <Success>boolean</Success>
        <ClientId>int</ClientId>
        <SessionKey>string</SessionKey>
</CreateSessionKeyResult>

Error - Code / Description

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

1019 – Error creating Session key

1024 – Client 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 ClientId and SessionKey will be provided.

ClientId

This is the unique id for the client and is used in subsequent web service calls

SessionKey

This is a unique session key for the client.

Code Examples

c#

Add a web reference to the users.asmx web service using the Visual Studio IDE.

Add the code below to retrieve the Client Id and the Session Key:

C# Example

Users.Users uws = new Users.Users();
 
//Use UserName, Password and Key as defined in your data.xml file
Users.SessionKeyResult result = uws.CreateSessionKey("[UserName]", "[Password]", "[Key]");
            
if (result.Success)
{
	Response.Write("Client Id: " + result.ClientId + "<br/>");
    Response.Write("Session Key: " + result.SessionKey + "<br/>");
}
else
    Response.Write("Failed to create the session key");

Python

In the code below, use your own path to web service and UserName, Password and Key defined in your data.xml file

Python Example

import suds
url = "http://[PATH TO WEBSERVICE]/users.asmx?wsdl"
client = suds.client.Client(url)
result = client.service.CreateSessionKey("[UserName]", "[Password]", "[Key]")
if result.Success:
  print "ClientId: %s" % result.ClientId
  print "Session Key: %s" % result.SessionKey
else:
  print "Could not get session key"