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jonathanrico.jonathanrico. 

Customer Portal -- WebServices API Help.

Hello everyone

 

Quick question, is it possible to enable WebServices API for Customer Portal Users? I can't find a way to create a security token to make the login call. I guess that I should also send other paramaters such as the portal..

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

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werewolfwerewolf
I think you may be conflating what a client ID is for with what a regular login does.  To login as a Customer Portal user you just have to set LoginScopeHeader first -- you will need a portal ID for that -- and then login normally.  The presumption is that you've already set up a Customer Portal and you have some Customer Portal users.

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werewolfwerewolf
You can do it but you have to set LoginScopeHeader first.
jonathanrico.jonathanrico.

Wow, thanks for your help.

 

So this means that I will need to change my users from Customer Portal Users to Partner users?

jonathanrico.jonathanrico.

Sorry, I will change my question. I'm having a hard time getting the API Token (ClientId). And I don't know if this token is only available for partner users.

 

Thanks for all of your help :)

werewolfwerewolf
A client ID is only available for partners, and you don't generally need one to access the API.  Why do you feel you need one?
werewolfwerewolf
I think you may be conflating what a client ID is for with what a regular login does.  To login as a Customer Portal user you just have to set LoginScopeHeader first -- you will need a portal ID for that -- and then login normally.  The presumption is that you've already set up a Customer Portal and you have some Customer Portal users.
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jonathanrico.jonathanrico.

Hey,

 

Yes sorry, I was a little lost with the client ID. As you mentioned before I just needed to set the LoginScopeHeader with the Portal ID and Org Id. 

 

Thanks a lot for your help!