Reference for DSService.svc - GetToken

Given user credentials, retrieves a secure token that can be used for data access.

REQUEST PARAMETERS

The operation takes in a parameter of type DSGetTokenRequest which has the following members.

Name	Type	Description	Example Value
UserName	String	The username to validate	ZABC123
Password	String	The password corresponding to username	yourpassword
Properties	DSStringObjectKVPair[]	Properties to customize behavior	null

The operation returns a parameter of type DSGetTokenResponse which has the following members.

Name	Type	Description	Example Value
TokenValue	String	The token value that must be used in subsequent data requests.	n9IcXCXIq+ApBEe0zLBeTrU11D65F6BB2ED74E3467EA0EBE
TokenExpiry	DateTime	The duration (in UTC) until which the token is valid.	2013-01-30T21:11:22.2771093Z
Properties	DSStringObjectKVPair[]	Properties describing behavior	null

SOAP

The following is a sample SOAP request.

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
 <s:Header>
  <Action s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2005/05/addressing/none">http://dsws.datastream.com/client/V1/IDSService/GetToken</Action> 
 </s:Header>
 <s:Body>
  <GetToken xmlns="http://dsws.datastream.com/client/V1/">
    <request xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <UserName>ZABC123</UserName> 
      <Password>yourpassword</Password> 
      <Properties i:nil="true" /> 
     </request>
  </GetToken>
 </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

The following is a sample SOAP response.

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <s:Header /> 
  <s:Body>
    <GetTokenResponse xmlns="http://dsws.datastream.com/client/V1/">
      <GetTokenResult xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <TokenValue>n9IcXCXIq+ApBEe0zLBeTrU11D65F6BB2ED74E3467EA0EBE0C</TokenValue> 
        <TokenExpiry>2013-01-30T21:11:22.2771093Z</TokenExpiry> 
        <Properties i:nil="true" /> 
      </GetTokenResult>
    </GetTokenResponse>
  </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>