CMI 5 Working Group Meeting Minutes – August 29th, 2014

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Notes

The group continued to discuss the "Fetch URL" and Basic Authentication.

1. URL launch content with (Fetch URL name/value pair)

**2. Content calls the Fetch URL **

a. HTTP POST (so it not cached) b. One time use - if called c. if HTTP call fails - Normal HTTP error handling

3. Fetch URL returns the following

a. Return value in a JSON structure

     {
        "auth-token":"QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ=="
     }

b. content-type: application/json

c. Authentication token is Base 64 encoded "username:password"

d. (Informative) Please do not use a real userid/password. Use Generated "one-session" use user/passw for LRS communcation

e. on "successful 2nd use" HTTP message provide JSON error-handling structure

     {
        "error-code":"123"
        "error-text":"Token already in use.  Don't double-click !"  
     }

LMS will determine the text.(and lang, etc)

4. Content makes calls to LRS

a. URL to API

b. Message - HTTP Header - with basic Authentication token


Basic: {Token}  e.g.  username:{base64} 

	Authorization: Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==

                             myuser:mypassword

Per HTTP RFC 1945 - 11.1 Basic Authentication Scheme

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