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Logging in using Salesforce

Use this resource to log in to an

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services

organization using Salesforce credentials.

The login response includes the session ID and base URL that you need to include in subsequent REST API calls.

You must activate your

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services

user account before you can log in using the loginSf resource.

Use the Salesforce Web Services API to generate a Salesforce session ID and to retrieve the Salesforce server URL. For more information, see the Salesforce

Web Services API Developer's Guide

Use the logout resource to end the session.

POST Request

To log in using Salesforce credentials, use the following URL:

https://<cloud provider>-<region>.informaticacloud.com/ma/api/v2/user/loginSf

For a list of cloud provider and region values, see Logging in.

Use the following attributes in a loginSf object:

Field	Type	Required	Description
sfSessionId	String	Yes	Salesforce session ID. For information about generating the Salesforce session ID, see the login resource in the Salesforce Web Services API Developer's Guide .
sfServerUrl	String	Yes	Salesforce server URL. Retrieve the Salesforce server URL from the Salesforce API login resource response.

POST Response

Returns the user object if the request is successful. Returns the error object if errors occur.

The response includes the following information that you need to include in the header of subsequent REST API calls:

icSessionId. A REST API session ID that you include in the header for version 2 REST API calls. The session ID expires after 30 minutes of inactivity. After the session ID expires, log in again to continue working with the REST API.

For information on retrieving session status details, see Session IDs.

serverUrl. The base URL that you use in all version 2 resource URIs except for login, for example:

<serverUrl>/api/v2/job

The user object includes the following attributes:

Field	Type	Description
id	String	User ID.
orgId	String	ID of the organization the user belongs to. 22 characters. Organizations that were created in legacy Informatica Cloud might have an organization ID of 6 characters.
orgUuid	String	Unique identifier for the organization.
name	String	Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services user name.
description	String	Description of the user.
createTime	String	When the user account was created.
updateTime	String	When the user account was last updated
createdBy	String	Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services user who created the user account.
updatedBy	String	Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services user who last updated the user account.
sfUsername	String	Salesforce user name. Included when user is configured to authenticate through Salesforce.
password	String	Salesforce user password. Included when user is configured to authenticate through Salesforce.
firstName	String	First name for the user account.
lastName	String	Last name for the user account.
title	String	Title of the user.
phone	String	Phone number for the user.
securityQuestion	String	Security question. Returns one of the following codes: SPOUSE_MEETING_CITY FIRST_JOB_CITY CHILDHOOD_FRIEND MOTHER_MAIDEN_NAME PET_NAME CHILDHOOD_NICKNAME CUSTOM_QUESTION:"<question>"
securityAnswer	String	Answer to the security question.
roles		Object that includes a role object for each role assigned to the user.
name	String	Included in role object. Role name. Returns one of the following codes: Service Consumer Designer Admin
description	String	Included in role object. Role description.
emails	String	Email address to be notified when the user changes the account password.
timezone	String	Time zone of the user. Time zone honors Daylight Saving Time. For more information, see Time zone codes.
serverUrl	String	Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services URL for the organization the user belongs to. Use the serverUrl as a base for most version 2 REST API resource URIs.
spiUrl	String	This field is no longer applicable and has been deprecated.
uuId	String	Unique identifier for the user.
icSessionId	String	Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services session ID for version 2 REST API session. Use in most version 2 REST API request headers.
forceChangePassword	Boolean	Determines if the user must reset the password after the user logs in for the first time. Includes the following values: True. The user must reset the password. False. The user is not forced to reset the password.

POST Example

To log in to your

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services

organization, you might use the following request:

POST https://dm-us.informaticacloud.com/ma/api/v2/user/loginSf
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{
"@type": "loginSf",
"sfSessionId": "00Df40000000coF!ARYAQDO2SvoD3eRXOrNaiOb9a3Pp",
"sfServerUrl": "https://c.na41.visual.force.com/services/Soap/u/27.0/00Df40000000coF"
}

The response returns the user object which contains the serverUrl and icSessionId values to use in subsequent calls, as shown in the following example:

{    
    "id": "0101TQ03000000000007",    
    "orgId": "0101TQ",    
    "orgUuid": "3FNFLs1uHe2IIgTs8tRjSJ",    
    "name": "John@infa.com",    
    "description": "",    
    "createTime": "2018-02-16T00:20:07.000Z",    
    "updateTime": "2018-07-17T22:45:50.000Z",    
    "createdBy": "System built-in user",    
    "updatedBy": "John@infa.com",    
    "sfUsername": "JohnR",    
    "firstName": "John",    
    "lastName": "Randall",    
    "title": "IICS Admin",    
    "password": "**********",    
    "phone": "123-456-7899",    
    "emails": "John@infa.com",    
    "timezone": null,    
    "serverUrl": "https://na4.dm-us.informaticacloud.com/saas",    
    "icSessionId": "1Ckv5VDHe2IICHi2hq04EF",    
    "securityQuestion": "In what city were you born?",    
    "securityAnswer": "********",    
    "uuid": "a51jk7TB0IDcnWLwJdLaW2",    
    "forceChangePassword": false,    
    "roles": [        
        {            
            "name": "Admin",            
            "description": "Role for performing administrative tasks for an organization. Has full access to all licensed services."        
        },        
        {            
            "name": "Data Preview",            
            "description": "Role to preview data"
        },
        {
            "name": "Designer",
            "description": "Role for creating assets, tasks, and processes. Can configure connections, schedules, and runtime environments. Has access to the Application Integration Console."
        }
    ],    
}

Using the above response as an example, to send a GET request to obtain Secure Agent information, you might use the following request:

GET https://na4.dm-us.informaticacloud.com/saas/api/v2/agent
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
icSessionId: 1Ckv5VDHe2IICHi2hq04EF

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