Rest Request interface - Can I send dtUser and dtPassword?
I am on 4.2 dynaTrace for Windows, and we have some Rest/Management dynaTrace dashboards that will provide xml data for long term auditing needs into a homegrown SQL Server 2008 instance. We need to stay secure with authentication in the communications process.
The 4.2 dynaTrace documentation doesn't state that dTUser and dTPassword can be sent to the REST entry point of rest/management/report/create as a REST interface parameter, similar to how "filter" works for example? How is passing username and credential possible then from SQL Server or simply on the URL, through the interface?
What are the possible , supported options and solutions?
I want to do something like the following but it's not working, I see an old note about an ASPX integration scenario, published on the community URL below, but maybe these options were deprecated or deleted. Please explain.
The reference to providing dtuser and dtpassword is published in this integration document using aspx to integrate into rest/management. https://apmcommunity.compuware.com/community/download/attachments/73401116/Show+Your+Dashlet+as+an+HTML+Image.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1330698950207
Hi Frank
Username and password are sent using basic http authentication. When you enter one of these REST URLs in your browser the browser will prompt you for username/password. If you access them programically you need to specify the username/password on the HTTP Protocol. So - all you need to do is to use a REST Framework that allows you to specify username/password as part of the basic authentication model. I also wrote a blog about this for accessing our REST interfaces from .NET - maybe that helps as well: http://apmblog.compuware.com/2009/08/24/lessons-learned-from-getting-net-to-rest-with-java/
