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CatalogLogin v1

CatalogLogin dialog.

Summary

Authenticates credentials against a given catalog.

See Also

CatalogLogout, CatalogSearch, CatalogPublish

Properties

Name	Direction	Type	Default	Description
Username	Input	string	Mandatory	The username to log into the catalog.
Password	Input	string	Mandatory	The password of the related username to use.
FacilityName	Input	string	ISIS	Select a facility to log in to. Allowed values: [‘ISIS’]
KeepSessionAlive	Input	boolean	True	Keeps the session of the catalog alive if login was successful.
KeepAlive	Output	IAlgorithm		A handle to the KeepAlive algorithm instance that continues to keep the catalog alive after this algorithm completes.

Description

This algorithm authenticates the user’s credentials against a specific catalog facility. The catalog is determined from the facility chosen, and is obtained from the config file Facilities.xml.

Usage

Example - log a user into the catalog.

# Attempts to authenticate the user against the ISIS catalog.
# When logging into the catalog the session class is returned.
# This can then be used throughout to perform other ICAT routines.
session = CatalogLogin(username='SECRET',password='SECRET',FacilityName="ISIS")

# View the session ID for this catalog session.
print("The session ID is: {}".format(session.getPropertyValue("Session")))

Output:

The session ID is: b931877c-3cfb-460e-9e88-ed4257020477

Categories: AlgorithmIndex | DataHandling\Catalog

Source

C++ header: CatalogLogin.h

C++ source: CatalogLogin.cpp