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This Java Code example uses Apache HTTP Client and GSON for handling REST calls and JSON serialization. This also includes code for fetching an access token.

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languagejava
titleJava
collapsetrue
package rest.code.examples;
import java.util.Random;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.fluent.Content;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.fluent.Request;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
/**
 * Request an access token from the Yellowfin refresh-tokens REST end-point
 */
public class GetLoginToken {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        String host = "http://localhost:8080/yellowfinHead";
        String restUsername = "admin@yellowfin.com.au";
        String restPassword = "test";

        Content c = Request.post(host + "/api/refresh-tokens")
                .addHeader("Authorization", "YELLOWFIN ts=" + System.currentTimeMillis() + " , nonce=" + new Random().nextLong())
                .addHeader("Accept", "application/vnd.yellowfin.api-v1+json")
                .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
                .bodyString("{ \"userName\": \""+ restUsername + "\",\"password\": \""+ restPassword + "\"}", null)
                .execute().returnContent();

        JsonObject jsonObject = new JsonParser().parse(c.asString()).getAsJsonObject();
        JsonElement accessToken = jsonObject.getAsJsonObject("_embedded").getAsJsonObject("accessToken").get("securityToken");

        if (accessToken!=null) {
            System.out.println("Access Token: " + accessToken);
        } else {
            System.out.println("Token not retrieved");
        }

    }
}

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