requestAuthCode

Generates an authentication code that prevents the technician from logging out if there is a timeout.

Input Parameters

Element	Description
`email`	The email address of the Rescue account. Required.
`pwd`	The password of the corresponding Rescue account. Required.

Output

OK AUTHCODE: 4ahx99bppkzxocbs590roo1l99o7au9rmwnea8q3areaiceaw1afq55jx89nl5zt63hxlo298qf80u0

AUTHCODE: Secret authentication code

Return Values

Displayed Return Value	Description
`ERROR`	An unspecified error occurred, such as timeout.
`OK`	Generating an authentication code succeeded.
`INVALID`	The password and email do not identify and authenticate a technician.

Sample Code

The following are examples for using the requestAuthCode method that you can call in your environment.

HTTP GET

https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/API/requestAuthCode.aspx?email=some@email.com&pwd=secretPassword

HTTP POST

<form method="post" action="https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/API/requestAuthCode.aspx">
        <input name="email" value="some@email.com">
        <input name="pwd" value="secretPassword">
</form>

SOAP

For sample SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 request and response messages, visit https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/api/API.asmx?op=requestAuthCode.

PHP with SOAP

The example values shown must be replaced with actual values.

<?php
	$soapclient = new SoapClient("https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/api/api.asmx?wsdl");
	
	$sEmail = "some@email.com";
	$sPwd = "secretPassword";
	
	$requestauthcodeparams = array(
		'sEmail' => $sEmail,
		'sPassword' => $sPwd
	);
	
	$requestAuthCodeResult = $soapclient->requestAuthCode($requestauthcodeparams);
	
	print_r($requestAuthCodeResult);
?>

C# with HttpWebRequest

The example values shown must be replaced with actual values.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using apiSamples.WebServiceClients;

namespace apiSamples
{
    public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                string sEndpoint = "https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/api/";
                string sEmail = "some@email.com";
                string sPwd = "secretpassword";

                HttpWebRequest oRequestAuthCode = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(sEndpoint
 + "requestAuthCode.aspx?email=" + sEmail + "&pwd=" + sPwd);
                HttpWebResponse oRespAuthCode = (HttpWebResponse)oRequestAuthCode
.GetResponse();

                string sRespAuthCode = new StreamReader(oRespAuthCode.GetResponseStream())
.ReadToEnd();
                Response.Write(sRespAuthCode);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Response.Write(ex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

C# with SOAP

The example values shown must be replaced with actual values.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using apiSamples.WebServiceClients;

namespace apiSamples
{
    public partial class SOAP : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                WebServiceClients.API proxy = new WebServiceClients.API();
                proxy.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();

                string sEmail = "some@email.com";
                string sPwd = "secretpassword";
                string sAuthCode = "";

                WebServiceClients.requestAuthCodeRet oRequestAuthCode = proxy.requestAuthCode
(sEmail, sPwd, out sAuthCode);
                Response.Write(oRequestAuthCode + "<br />");

                Response.Write("authCode: " + sAuthCode);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Response.Write(ex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}