Mobile App: authenticate users using APIs - webservices

[TheLousyCoder]

Hi,

I am writing APIs for mobile app. I am stuck at the point how to authenticate users for mobile app with prestashop web services or API.

 

Please help me, it's urgent

[Nikhil.nj]

ME too,  I think we must create one file to handle the request and the response but how???

[TheLousyCoder]

Hi  Nikhil,

 

I somehow made a function that will authenticate a user, I asked my Java developer to store and maintain the userid that I pass after successful authentication.

 

Below function that I write might help you.

 

 

public function authenticate($email, $passwd) {

        $errors = array();

        $ct = array();

        Hook::exec('actionBeforeAuthentication');

        //echo 'hook exe';

        $passwd = trim($passwd);

        $email = trim($email);

        if (empty($email)) {

            $errors[] = 'An email address required.';

        } elseif (!Validate::isEmail($email)) {

            $errors[] = 'Invalid email address.';

        } elseif (empty($passwd)) {

            $errors[] = 'Password is required.';

        } elseif (!Validate::isPasswd($passwd)) {

            $errors[] = 'Invalid password.';

        } else {

            $customer = new Customer();

            $context = Context::getContext();

 

            $authentication = $customer->getByEmail(trim($email), trim($passwd));

            if (!$authentication || !$customer->id) {

                $errors = Tools::displayError('Email/Password is wrong.');

            } else {

 

                $context->cookie->id_compare = isset($context->cookie->id_compare) ? $context->cookie->id_compare : CompareProduct::getIdCompareByIdCustomer($customer->id);

                $context->cookie->id_customer = (int) ($customer->id);

                $context->cookie->customer_lastname = $customer->lastname;

                $context->cookie->customer_firstname = $customer->firstname;

                $context->cookie->logged = 1;

                $customer->logged = 1;

                $context->cookie->is_guest = $customer->isGuest();

                $context->cookie->passwd = $customer->passwd;

                $context->cookie->email = $customer->email;

 

                // Add customer to the context

                $context->customer = $customer;

 

                if (Configuration::get('PS_CART_FOLLOWING') && (empty($context->cookie->id_cart) || Cart::getNbProducts($context->cookie->id_cart) == 0) && $id_cart = (int) Cart::lastNoneOrderedCart($context->customer->id)) {

                    $context->cart = new Cart($id_cart);

                } else {

                    $context->cart->id_carrier = 0;

                    $context->cart->setDeliveryOption(null);

 

                    $context->cart->id_address_delivery = Address::getFirstCustomerAddressId((int) ($customer->id));

                    $context->cart->id_address_invoice = Address::getFirstCustomerAddressId((int) ($customer->id));

                }

 

                $context->cart->id_customer = (int) $customer->id;

                $context->cart->secure_key = $customer->secure_key;

                $context->cart->save();

                $context->cookie->id_cart = (int) $context->cart->id;

                $context->cookie->write();

                $context->cart->autosetProductAddress();

 

                Hook::exec('actionAuthentication');

                $ct['cart'] = (array) get_object_vars($context->cart);

                $ct['customer'] = (array) get_object_vars($context->customer);

                $ct['cookie'] = (array) get_object_vars($context->cookie);

                //  print_r($ct);

                $token = Tools::getToken(false);

            }

        }

        if (count($errors) > 0) {

            $fjson = json_encode($errors, true);

        } else {

            $fjson = json_encode($ct, true);

        }

 

        $res = '{'

                . '"status":200,'

                . '"datajson":' . $fjson

                . '}';

 

        return $res;

    }

[Nikhil.nj]

Yep after  searching I got something on same topic so thanks for reply.

 

In which language you developed your API  for Mobile Development?

 

If you using PHP then would you like to help me to build better and guide the actual flow for the API ??

 

Thanks once again.

 

Nick ['}

[TheLousyCoder]

I am developing API in PHP only.

 

I will be glad to help if you need something.

[Nikhil.nj]

Nice then, Its my pleasure to share with you

 

You said you developing in php but I want to know that you create web services in default directory like

 

-ROOT/webservices

 

or  you create your own

 

-ROOT/MyWebServices/api

 

if you used default then you change or modify the dispatcher.php file

Edited March 26, 2015 by Nikhil.nj (see edit history)

[Nikhil.nj]

Hiii Lousy,

 

Glad to talk you once again, I want to know how the api  called in prestashop's  web services.

and how the function called which you gave me for authenticate the customer ????

 

Thanks in Advance.

 

Nick ['}

[Nikhil.nj]

Hello dear,

 

Hope you well and fine.

 

I am using library Prestashop's web services and it gives only XML and I want only JSON output..

 

Is it possible to get JSON code using this library if YES then how??

 

Thanks in Advance

 

Nikhil ['}

[arjit]

Hi,

 

I am also stuck at the same problem. with username and password how can I authenticate the user ? 

[VinayC]

Hi, Need a help to create signup and login API using PHP. I'm not aware of where to start. Any help would be really great.

 

 

Thanks & Regards,

 VinayC