Authenticate the Web Service

In the Authentication Credentials section, select the Enable check box to enable Authentication Type, and additional required fields.

1. For Basic Authentication:

   1. From the Authentication Type list, select Basic.

   2. Enter the username and password in the respective fields.

      Select Show Password to view the password you entered.

2. For OAuth Authentication:

   3. From the Authentication Type list, select OAuth 2.0. You can select the Enable URL Encoding check box at the top to set URL encoding for REST OAuth 2.0 connections.

   4. This enables the Grant Type drop-down box.

      • If you select Password Credentials, enter the Username and Password in the Username and Password field respectively. If the client ID and client secret are required by the web service, enter the details in the Client Id and Client Secret fields.

      • If you select Client Credentials, the Username and Password field gets disabled. Enter the client ID and client secret details, in the Client Id and Client Secret fields respectively.

   5. If the token bearer string is provided by the web service, enter it in the Access Token field. You may ignore the other fields.

   6. If the token bearer string is not provided by the web service, enter the Authentication Server Address, User Name, and Password. If the client ID and client secret are required by the web service, enter the details in the Client ID and Client Secret fields.

      This enables the Request Token button.

   7. Select Request Token.

      • The token bearer number populates in the Access Token field.

   Note: Based on the authentication mode, the connection strings (web service address) may vary from the Authentication Server URL. For OAuth authentication, it is possible that the "Authentication Server Address" URL is a different URL than the one you actually use in the "Web Service Address" URL to interact with the web service. This is because the authentication is performed through one URL that assigns the bearer token, and the data exchange is performed in a different URL that allows the data exchange.

3. Custom Authentication:

   8. From the Authentication Type list, select Custom.

   9. To enter the Key, double-click the Key column in the Header, Body and Authentication grids.

   10. To enter the value of the key, double-click the Value column of the respective Key row.

   11. If the token bearer string is not provided by the web service, enter the Authentication Server Address. This enables the Request Token button.

   12. Select Request Token.

       • The token bearer number populates in the Access Token field.

   13. If the token bearer string is provided by the web service, enter it in the Access Token field. You may ignore the other fields.