I am trying to get object storage container details using provided API in post man But I am getting Unauthorized error,
API information available at http://developer.openstack.org/api-ref/object-storage/index.html?expanded=get-object-content-and-metadata-detail,show-account-details-and-list-containers-detail#accounts
Following details I am set in PostMan,
Method Get
Url: https://{domain}.objectstorage.softlayer.net/auth/v1.0/{userid}?format=json
Header: Key: X-Auth-Token Value: {token}
Error got in response of PostMan,
<html>
<h1>Unauthorized</h1>
<p>This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document you requested.</p>
</html>
Are you using your SoftLayer username or the Object Storage username? To get your Object Storage credentials go to https://control.softlayer.com/storage/objectstorage > Click on your Object Storage Username and on the following page click View Credentials.
Get the Token
curl -i -H "X-Auth-Key: [insert API Key here]" -H "X-Auth-User: [insert Object Storage Username here]" [insert Authentication Endpoint here]
Once you have the Token you can perform basic operations
List Containers
curl -i -H 'X-Auth-Token: [X-Auth-Token from Authentication step]' [X-Storage-Url from Authentication step]
View Objects in a Container
curl -i -H "X-Auth-Token: [X-Auth-Token from Authentication step]" [X-Storage-Url from Authentication step]/[container name]
To start, the error that you're receiving is because the userid parameter in your request is not correct. The X-Storage-Url should be placed in that position.
To retrieve the containers you first need a X-Auth-Token and a X-Storage-Url. For this you could run the next curl command:
ACC-278436-15: The object storage username retrieved from SoftLayer_Account::getHubNetworkStorage method
USERNAME: The username used in Control portal which is the same used in the REST request that calls the SoftLayer_Account::getHubNetworkStorage method
API_KEY: The apikey used in the REST request that calls the SoftLayer_Account::getHubNetworkStorage method
The result will be similar to this:
• X-Auth-Token: AUTH_tkb26239d441d6401d9482b004d45f7259 – the token we need
• X-Storage-Url: https://dal05.objectstorage.softlayer.net/v1/AUTH_df0de35c-d00a-40aa-b697-2b7f1b9331a6 - the URL to access the storage
Now place these values in this way:
Here's a good link on how to manage SoftLayer Object Storage through rest API https://sldn.softlayer.com/blog/waelriac/managing-softlayer-object-storage-through-rest-apis
To retrieve containers from Object Storage using Postman, follow these steps:
1. We need to generate the token to access Object Storage
You need to get credentials from your object storage, so you can go to:
You will be able to see
Then, you can go to postman and fill as the below example:
As you see, I had success with the request. So I need the "Headers" information from the response, as the follow example:
2. Retrieve containers
After getting "X-Storage-Url" and "X-Storage-Token", you can retrieve the containers as the example below:
I hope it helps you to access Object Storage using Postman, please let me know any doubt or comment.