Login returns 'Invalid Token - token not found'

Login returns 'Invalid Token - token not found'

by john felix -
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Hi,

 I am trying to login using the moodle api. I am using the following url to login

http://localhost:8888/moodle21/login/token.php?username=user&password=password&service=new

I have already created the user 'user', service 'new' with no required capability. I have also enabled web services in the plugins.

But I am still the same error

{"error":"Invalid token - token not found","stacktrace":null,"debuginfo":null,"reproductionlink":null}.

I am trying to find an answer for this question. Please help me to find the answer for this problem.

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Re: Login returns 'Invalid Token - token not found'

by Juan Leyva -
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See the last message in this post  

in 2.2, you can retrieve the token with login/token.php: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Creating_a_web_service_client#How_to_get_a_user_token 

If I remember in 2.1 you can too, except that if you request a different service than the mobile one, the token needs to already exists. The script will not create a token for the user, even if the user has the capability to do it. This feature has been added since 2.2 (currently there:https://github.com/moodle/moodle/blob/master/login/token.php).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Re: Login returns 'Invalid Token - token not found'

by Blair Patterson -

This is a bug that I'm about to submit.

If you have access to your db, you need to set the 'shortname' field in the '{db_prefix}external_services' table - it doesn't seem to be set on the creation of the webservice, or there's no way to set it in the Edit Webservice page, not at least that I can see.

I just ran into the exact same issue today, after setting shortname, I was able to connect and get the proper token back.

HTH.

blair D.

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Re: Login returns 'Invalid Token - token not found'

by Jérôme Mouneyrac -

Hi Blair,

there is already an issue for this: MDL-30229

Note that if you create a built-in service (db/services.php files), then you can set the shortname.

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