Webcenter Portal 12.x REST API - Call from java code

User543071 - Oracle

Hello All,

I called  http://hostname/rest/api/resourceIndex  using REST Client in the following way, using Basic Auth

WebResource webResource = restClient.resource(URL);

ClientResponse response = webResource.accept("application/json") .header("Authorization", "Basic " + authStringEnc).get(ClientResponse.class);

The above service returns array of links, one of which is related to search collection

I modified the URL, startIndex=0&q=oracle and kept utoken as same

URL - http://hostname/rest/api/searchcollection?startIndex=0&q=oracle&utoken=IEwLCLvSnDFwO9ZL1t7g9tmqD-yPHskQQojfKfmkIYsz_w** (modified the template)

When i make the second call with  search collection url like below

WebResource webResource = restClient.resource(URL);

ClientResponse response = webResource.accept("application/json") . get(ClientResponse.class);

It always returns 403 error. I tried adding Basic Auth header, but the same error.

But the same url woks fine in Postman and browser.

How to make the REST Call with utoken, should i deploy the application and run in context of portal.

Or can i run as independent application or java class.

Thanks

Praveen

User543071 - Oracle

Hi Daniel,

Sorry was out on vacation, i did resolve the issue by setting request parameters.

Thanks

Daniel Merchán

Hi,

It can be an issue of encoding your query params (for example the ** in the final). .

Kind regards.

User543071 - Oracle

Hi Daniel,

I tried with URL encoding, but the same 403 error.

I closed and opened new browser, pasted the same URL,  got same 403 error.

But when i hit the /resourceIndex URL and then the Search Collection URL, results are returned.

Do we need to set some cookie in order to execute the same using java code.

Thanks

Daniel Merchán

Hi,

Tell me your exact version of Oracle WebCenter Portal to test in my VMs (12.2.1, 12.2.1.1, 12.2.1.2 or 12.2.1.3).

Kind regards.

User543071 - Oracle

Hi Daniel,

Sorry was out on vacation, i did resolve the issue by setting request parameters.

Thanks