Using webapi token to authenticate in frontend

Nuno Aguiar

Posted on 12/10/2023 14:06:07

Hi,

Is there a way to use the webapi token to login the user in the frontend?

We have this customer building a new frontend in a different CMS (corporate reasons), but still wants to use DW for the checkout process (potentially some other pages - we have little knowledge about it, just trying to support them). Currently they've been using the webapi to get some data, but they are trying to use a reverse proxy and have some pages be served from Dynamicweb, but obviously "cannot" ask the user to login again.

Is there a simple way to do this? Maybe by providing the token as a POST request and using some notification to they login the user?

Nuno Aguiar

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Nicolai Pedersen

Posted on 12/10/2023 14:23:42

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You can get the user object using the token by referencing Dynamicweb.Ecommerce.WebAPI and then get the user from the JwtService

string token = GetTheTokenFromRequestOrSomething();
var principal = JwtService.GetPrincipal(token, out User user);

User is still not logged in.

Then I think you can call User.SetCurrentUser - it is marked as obsolute for DW10, but you should be able to use it.

Alternative you can login using the PwToken - something like this:

var handler = new LogOnHandler(_pageId);
handler.ExtranetLoginToken(user.UserName, LogOnHandler.GetPasswordToken(user.Password));

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Nuno Aguiar

Posted on 12/10/2023 15:01:04

Hi Nicolai,

That's great info thanks. And this will be in DW9 only, so not a problem using that obsolete method. Likely the best solution.

At least this gives me something to go by, thank you very much.

Nuno

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