User Login Process Overview

Definitions

The following parameters are used as part of the User Login process:

• Username (UN)
  
  
• Used in HTTP Authentication header for every WS API request. This is provided by the WS API application
  
  
• Password (PW)
  
  
  • Used in HTTP Authentication header for every WS API request. This is provided by the WS API application
    
    
• Portal Access Key (PAK)
  
  
  • PAK is provided as part of login response by VidyoPortal
    
    
• EndpointID (EID)
  
  
  • A unique identifier representing an Endpoint
  • This is provided by the VidyoDesktop
    
    
• EntityID
  
  
  • A unique identifier representing an Entity within the VidyoPortal
  • This is provided as part of login response by VidyoPortal
  • The EntityID is used follow web services API after login to represent any Entity in the VidyoPortal
    
    

The following steps describe the sequence of events in the User Login process:

1. SOAP-Request from Application to VidyoPortal
   
   logIn (UN, PW)
   
   
2. SOAP-Response from VidyoPortal to Application
   
   logIn (PAK)
   
   
3. HTTP-Request from Application to VidyoDesktop on 127.0.0.1:63457 with the following parameters
   
   
   • Redirect URL (URL): The VidyoDesktop provides response using a HTTP redirect. The application provides this Redirect URL and processes the information to retrieve the response parameters.
   • VidyoManager (vm) address
   • VidyoPortal (portal) service address
   • VidyoProxy (proxy) address
   • UN (UN): Username
   • PAK (PAK): Portal Access Key
     e.g. http://127.0.0.1:63457/dummy?url=http://dev20.vidyo.com/linkendpoint.ajax?vm=PVCVG7NXUC5YER8FCXBC1ZD88NK6PQ7VYR2918XAXRQA600VM0001@dev20.vidyo.com:17992;transport=TCP&un=chetan&pak=9YprUdCg8gPKpr5H&proxy=64.71.164.195:443&portal=http://main.vidyo.com/services/&loctag=Default_Location
     
     
4. HTTP-Redirect from VidyoDesktop to Application
   
   
   • EID
   • VidyoDesktop version
     
     
   Tip: To retrieve EID from you browser please run you client go to 
   http://127.0.0.1:63457/?retrieve=eid
   
   
5. SOAP-Request from Application to VidyoPortal
   
   
   • linkEndpoint (UN, PW, EID)
     
     
6. SOAP-Response from VidyoPortal to Application
   
   
   • linkEndpoint (OK)
     
     
7. The Entity structure includes EntityID
   
   

Tip: For guaranteed successful logged in process please check your endpoint status in web browser http://127.0.0.1:63457/?retrieve=epstatus. This will help to safely conclude if the endpoint change the status (online/busy/offline).