Webservices , Mobile Application and Login functionality

[Bertrand]

Hi,

 

I'm currently building an Android application that must connect to my Prestashop website.

 

Here are the functionalities that I must develop :

- Make the users able to login into my app using the same credentials as they have created on the website

- Make new users able to create an account

- Make the user able to see and edit his/her profile

- Make the user able to buy some products directly from my app

 

In order to do this, I've started to study the Prestashop Webservices. I've been through the different tutorials but I'm having some problem to figure out how to integrate the "login" functionality.

 

Basically, I just want to check if the Webservice give me a "customer" object when I send a GET method like this :

http://mywebsite.com/api/customers/?filter[email][email protected]&filter[passwd]=my_password

The thing is that the "my_password" value is encrypted in order to be saved securely in the Prestashop database. Thus, in the above request, I need to encrypt, in my app, the user password in order to get the same encrypted value that the one saved in the Prestashop database.

 

Does anyone know how the password is encrypted?

Am I choosing the correct solution to develop the login functionality?

 

Thanks,

Bertrand

Edited October 9, 2013 by Bertrand (see edit history)

[Bertrand]

Ok I've found it 

 

The password is encode that way :

md5( '_COOKIE_KEY_' + 'plain text password' );

See this thread for more information : http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/30984-password-encryption-psql-function/

 

The '_COOKIE_KEY_' is located in "settings/settings.inc.php" file of your prestashop folder

Edited October 9, 2013 by Bertrand (see edit history)

[virtue]

hi, excuse me if i write here but i don't believe ii need open new topic.

i'm in difficult because when i create a webservice with my prestashop i can't use it to interface with an app android beacuse it ask me the login, even if I insert the url http://my[email protected]/api/ . can you help me? thank you

Edited October 21, 2013 by bit_dan (see edit history)

[Bertrand]

Hi,

 

I also had troubles to figure out how to insert the API token in my HTTP requests.

Here is the code that you have to use in order to be able to deal with the Prestashop WebServices in Android:

 

First, create the DefaultHttpClient like this (API_AUTH_TOKEN is equal to your "mypasskey"):

DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
AuthScope auth = new AuthScope(AuthScope.ANY_HOST, AuthScope.ANY_PORT);
UsernamePasswordCredentials apiToken = new UsernamePasswordCredentials(API_AUTH_TOKEN, "");
client.getCredentialsProvider().setCredentials(auth, apiToken);

Then use it as usual for your different HTTP Request.

For instance, here is my method to send HTTP Get request

        /**
	 * Generic HTTP GET method sender
	 * HTTP GET must be used to retrieve informations from remote PrestaShop database
	 * @param apiMethod
	 * @return the server response as string. This response must be parsed.
	 */
	private String sendHttpGetMethod(String apiMethod){
		String url = BASE_API_URL + "/" + apiMethod;
		HttpGet get = new HttpGet(url);
		HttpResponse responseGet;
		try {
			responseGet = client.execute(get);
			InputStream is = responseGet.getEntity().getContent();
			BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
			StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
			String line;
			while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
				response.append(line);
			}
			return response.toString();
		} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			return null;
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			return null;
		}
	}

I hope this will help you,

 

Bertrand

[virtue]

Thank you very very very to ansewr me.

Sfortunatly i'm not expert and i need to know where insert that code. Thank you very much.

[Bertrand]

You might need to know a bit more about Android and calling RESTful webservice.

Here is a good tutorial that might help you : http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/android-app-builder/calling-restful-services-from-your-android-app/

[virtue]

I'm using app inventor and with a tutorial to read xml files. And my main problem is the login that prestashop asks at first. However i'll read it. Thank you very much.

[virtue]

ok, this is for eclipse. But it should be possible make an application with appinventor? i have no possibility to make it with eclipse. maybe with inventor I might be able to do something.

Edited October 23, 2013 by bit_dan (see edit history)

[Karthik@123]

Hello 

 

I actually have a doubt , how did u sort "  Make new users able to create an account" using android ..?

 

Advance thanks

[ambegaonkar.kanchan]

Hello 

 

I actually have a doubt , how did u sort "  Make new users able to create an account" using android ..?

 

Advance thanks

 

Dealing with same issue please help with answer 

Edited May 4, 2017 by ambegaonkar.kanchan (see edit history)