7.4.1 Login

HTTP Request: POST https://localhost:7007/ui/v1/login/

Authentication: Uses cookie-based authentication.

Table 7-2 Parameters

Parameter	Parameter Type	Value	Required
Content-type	Header	application/json	Yes
username	Body	<username>	Yes
password	Body	<password>	Yes
baseUrl	Body	<baseUrl> to point to the graph server (PGX) or the database	Optional. If empty, Graph Visualization will use the pgx.base_url parameter value in the web.xml file.
pgqlDriver	Body	Valid PGQL driver configuration values are: pgxDriver : for PGQL on the graph server (PGX) pgqlDriver: for PGQL on Oracle Database	Yes
sessionId	Body	sessionId from graph server (PGX)	Optional

Request

The following curl command signs the user in to the Graph Visualization application:

curl --cacert /etc/oracle/graph/ca_certificate.pem -c cookie.txt -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"username": "<username>", "password": "<password>", "pgqlDriver": "<pgqlDriver>","baseUrl": "<baseUrl>", "sessionId": "<sessionId>" }' https://localhost:7007/ui/v1/login/

Response: The username used for the login. For example:

"oracle"

On successful login, the server session cookie is stored in a cookie file, cookie.txt. Use this cookie file, in the subsequent calls to the API.