Hello Experts,
When I call the URL https://moodleserver/moodle20/webservice/wsdoc.php?protocol=soap I get the following error:
A required parameter (sesskey) was missing
I have found a number of other topics that discuss this error but only in circumstances where Moodle and an external plugin have different versions, i.e. Moodle release is newer and plugin release is old.
In my case, this problem occurs with a core plugin (webservice).
Anyone encountered the same problem?
Regards,
Anders
Hi Anders,
for security reason, you need to be logged in Moodle, and go on your security keys page (http://docs.moodle.org/en/How_to_get_a_security_key) to see the web service documentation (if it was enabled by the administrator). You can not access the web service documentation page directly.
Regards,
Jerome
Hi Jerome,
Thanks for your reply.
I followed your instructions but broke down when looking for security keys:
In my profile block, I have the following tree:
My profile
Forum posts
Blogs
Is this security key the web services token?
Thanks.
Regards,
Anders
Hi again
To see web service tokens in your security keys page, you need:
1- to have a role with the capability moodle/webservice:createtoken
2- not being an administrator
3- to be allowed as user on at least one service
A link to your security page will be displayed in My profil menu.
Note: RSS keys are also displayed on the security keys page. So you could be able to see this page, but not seeing any web service tokens if only RSS keys are enabled.
Hi Jerome,
Thanks for your help with this.
Regards,
Anders
Hi Jerome,
I'm looking at using Moodle 2.0 RC2 as a way of more easily getting course details via webservices.
I've followed your directions above, doing the following (let me know if I messed anything up):
I've triple checked and the role is actually assigned. When I check this user's permissions, I don't see the webservice-related permissions that role was supposed to bestow. This may be more of a "I don't know how to use Moodle problem." When I log in as that use, I don't see no securtiy option under my Profile menu. What could I be doing wrong here?
And when you say "3- to be allowed as user on at least one service," are you talking about granting permissions for 4 web service protocols (AMF/REST/SOAP/XML-RPC), or do you mean giving the user permission to access certain functions via the web service? If the latter, how do you do this?
Thanks in advance.
-=Cam
Hi again!
Okay the first bit was my misunderstanding of security. I had created the new role that graned the WS token & 4 WS type permissions but only given it USER context. I switched it to System context, assigned that role to a new user, and voila! Logging in under that user gives me the settings->my profile settings->security keys item.
So now when I go in there I see a message reading "The keys are used to access your Moodle account from external applications.The token list is empty." No ability to create new keys.
How do I create and use keys?
Thanks!
-=Cam
OKAY.. Ignore me. I just found your full (and very good, btw) documentation on this subject that walked me through the entire thing, WITH screenshots, and answered every question I could ever have.
http://docs.moodle.org/en/How_to_enable_web_services_for_an_external_system
Nice work! Not sure why I didn't find this earlier.
Thanks so much.
-=Cam
No worries Cam Don't hesitate to navigate into http://docs.moodle.org/en/Category:Web_Services. All web service related pages should be in this category.
