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Using the API - Authentication

When interfacing Signify's API, you will require a bearer token.

See below a usage example in Powershell 

  • Generate access token
    • {username} - Signify supplied username
    • {password} - Signify supplied password
    • {clientId} - a unique GUID identifying the ruleset you are logging into
    • {apiendpoint} - the endpoint where the system is installed e.g. https://uat.signifyhr.co.za/api
  • Example calling ListUsersExport 
    • accessToken is the bearer token and contains "Bearer {token}"
# generate access token 
$headers = @{
    "Content-Type" = "application/json"
}

$body = @{
    username = "{username]"
    password = "{password}"
    clientId = "{clientId}"
} | ConvertTo-Json

$tokenResponse = Invoke-RestMethod `
    -Uri "{apiendpoint}/identity/v1/CreateUserAccessToken" `
    -Method POST `
    -Headers $headers `
    -Body $body

# Example usage calling ListUsersExport
$headers = @{
    Authorization = "$($tokenResponse.accessToken)"
    "Content-Type" = "application/json"
}

$body = @{
    usernames = @()
} | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 3

$response = Invoke-RestMethod `
    -Uri "{apiendpoint}/jobprofilerapi/v1/ListUsersExport" `
    -Method POST `
    -Headers $headers `
    -Body $body

$users = $response.users | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10