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Assistance in automating token creation and renewal?

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  • 1.  Assistance in automating token creation and renewal?

    Posted 7 days ago

    We are getting started with using the api to do some automation, but we're having issues with the token acquisition process.  I have a client ID (personal and system) and can make an access token in the web UI, then copy and paste it into my code and execute functions, but when I go to request the initial token or renew it I get an error "invalid client_ID".  I have to guess I have a syntax problem, but I have tried it using REST in PowerShell and using pycentral and I'm seeing the same thing.  I am pretty sure my API App is fine because, like I said, I can download and use an access token from the web GUI, but if I try to automate that it fails.  Below is some sample code to show what I'm doing, so if anything jumps out that I'm doing wrong I would appreciate any feedback.

    PowerShell

    $CLIENT_ID="#######################"
$BASE_URL="apigw-uswest4.central.arubanetworks.com"
$API_URI="https://"+$BASE_URL+"/oauth2/authorize/central/api/login?client_id="+$CLIENT_ID
$headers = @{
    "accept" = "application/json"
}
$body = @{
    "username" = "#########@###.com"
    "password" = "#################"
} | convertto-json
Invoke-RestMethod -Method POST -ContentType 'application/json' -Headers $headers -Body $body -uri $API_URI

Invoke-RestMethod : {"extra":null,"message":"Invalid client ID"}


    Python

    >>> from pycentral.base import ArubaCentralBase
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> central_info = {
...     "username": "#######@#####.com",
...     "password": "#################",
...     "client_id": "#################",
...     "client_secret": "#################",
...     "customer_id": "################",
...     "base_url": "https://app1-apigw.central.arubanetworks.com"
... }
>>> ssl_verify = True
>>> central = ArubaCentralBase(central_info=central_info, token_store=None, ssl_verify=ssl_verify)
2024-09-27 08:01:52 - ARUBA_BASE - ERROR - Unable to load token from storage with error .. [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Working\\Python.ArubaCentral\\temp\\tok_800aaf4c826e446897a88f0d70845122_jtmgv3wP9f0RWeZS9j0uAZH6J2aK76Vf.json'
2024-09-27 08:01:52 - ARUBA_BASE - INFO - Attempting to create new token from Aruba Central
2024-09-27 08:01:53 - ARUBA_BASE - ERROR - OAUTH2.0 Step1 login API call failed with response {'code': 400, 'msg': '{"extra":null,"message":"Invalid client ID"}\n'}


  • 2.  RE: Assistance in automating token creation and renewal?

    Posted 7 days ago

    Hi @joseph.gullo.pcci! Just wanted to verify you're following these instructions for retrieving the Client ID & Secret: 

    https://developer.arubanetworks.com/hpe-aruba-networking-central/docs/api-gateway-creating-application-token

    Also I noticed between the two examples you're using two different API gateways, in the first it's 

    apigw-uswest4.central.arubanetworks.com

    and in the second it's

    app1-apigw.central.arubanetworks.com

    Which cluster are you using?



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    Ti Chiapuzio-Wong (they/them)
    HPE Aruba Networking
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  • 3.  RE: Assistance in automating token creation and renewal?

    Posted 7 days ago

    That was the clue I needed, I didn't realize the clusters weren't shared and that our account only exists on one, Thank you!


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  • 4.  RE: Assistance in automating token creation and renewal?

    Posted 7 days ago

    Of course! Glad it was a simple fix! Happy automating!! :)



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    Ti Chiapuzio-Wong (they/them)
    HPE Aruba Networking
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    Original Message