B1 users in B1if

Question

Hi experts!!!
Do you know if the users of SAP Business One
can authenticate in B1if to create objects, realize
HTTP Calls, etc.?
Thanks for the support.
Regards.
Enrique.

Answer 1

Hi Enrique,
you can use the Authentication value "B1 Authentication" in Scenarios -> Package Design to define a B1 user authentication for your Scenario package.
Web Service and HTTP calls will do an implicit login in case there is no session set up (yet). The authentication will give back a session id which can be used for further calls. These calls will then skip the authentication.
The basic authentication in the http header must follow the following format in the correct order:
User: language\username\company or language/username/company
Password:password
language:
Language abbreviation. This parameter is mandatory. Leading and trailing spaces will be removed. In case the parameter does not fit to the enumeration, the default “en-US” will be taken.
Enumeration: cs-CZ, da-DK, de-DE, el-GR, en-CY, en-GB, en-US, en-SG, es-AR, es-CO, es-ES, es-PA, fi-FI, fr-FR,he-IL, hu-HU, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, nl-NL, no-NO, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ru-RU,sk-SK, sr-YU, sv-SE, xx-XX, zh-CN, zh-TW.
username:
Name of an existing B1 user with the appropriate license (“B1i”) to access remotely via B1i to SAP Business One. Leading and trailing spaces will be removed.
company:
Name of an existing B1 company database. This company db must be defined in the B1i SLD. This SAP Business One company database is used to verify the authentication for the requesting user. This parameter is case-insensitive. Leading and trailing spaces will be removed.
password:
Password of the user to login.
Response: In case of failed authorization, an http error will occur. In case of successful authorization an http 200 response with the response payload of the particular service, you called.
The following error messages are covered:
b1i user wrong username or password
wrong username or password
not able to assign the associated B1 server
name of B1 company db is empty
user is empty
password is empty
not able to find the assigned user id in SAP Business One
not able to find the system identifier of the associated B1 company db
error in credentials
error in B1 authentication check (DI call) - DI message: …
unknown error in authentication
Below are two examples using Microsoft Tool WFetch for testing:
Sample for HTTP Inbound
Sample for Web Service Inbound
Sample for HTTP:
Create SLD entry for “H.AnySystem” – “HTTest”.
Enter SAP Business One server name (or MS SQL server instance) in “associatedSrvIP” input field (must be aligned with SAP Business one SLD entry that should be used to authenticate).
Create package “AuthTest” (unless created before)
Choose “Authentication” “B1 Authentication” for connection via HTTP (“B1 Secure Authentication” for HTTPS).
Create step “HTTest” and assign to package “AuthTest”.
Define “HTTP Call” as Inbound channel and specify “Identification Method” “URL Parameter”; e.g. define “urlpar(action)” as “Identification Parameter and “HTtesting” as “Identifier”.
Open “Processing” and close again to have B1if creating the required definitions.
Define “Void” as Outbound channel.
Change “atom0.xsl” to make sure you get a response that isn’t empty and valid xml.
Choose “Setup” to choose the step (for subsequent activation) and “HTTest” as a sender system; activate the package.
Test HTTP call using e.g. Microsoft’s WFetch tool.
Details:
SAP Business One company database = “SBODemoDE”
SAP Business One user = “manager”
SysID of “HTTest” = “0010000107”
Parameters:
Verb = GET
Host = <machine name> or <IP> - e.g. 127.0.0.1
Port = 8080 – 8443 for “...Secure…”
Path =
/B1iXcellerator/exec/ipo/vP.0010000107.in_HCSX/com.sap.b1i.vplatform.runtime/INB_HT_CALL_SYNC_XPT/INB_HT_CALL_SYNC_XPT.ipo/proc?action=HTtesting
Auth = Basic
User = en-US/manager/SBODemoDE
Password = <password of user manager>
Connect = http
Cipher = default
Client cert = none
Trace Raw = Off
Socket Reuse = Off
Advanced Request = Disabled
Expected result:
Response includes “200 OK”
Sample for Web Service:
Create SLD entry for “W.AnySystem” – “WSTest”.
Enter SAP Business One server name (or MS SQL server instance) in “associatedSrvIP” input field (must be aligned with SAP Business one SLD entry that should be used to authenticate).
Create package “AuthTest” (unless created before)
Choose “Authentication” “B1 Authentication” for connection via HTTP (“B1 Secure Authentication” for HTTPS).
Create step “WSTest” and assign to package “AuthTest”.
Define “Web Service Call” as Inbound channel and specify “Identification Method” “Root Tag”; e.g. define “WStesting” as “Identifier” (i.e. “Root Tag”)
Open “Processing” and close again to have B1if creating the required definitions.
Define “Void” as Outbound channel.
Change “atom0.xsl” to make sure you get a response that isn’t empty and valid xml.
Choose “Setup” to choose the step (for subsequent activation) and “WSTest” as a sender system; activate the package.
Test Web Service call using e.g. Microsoft’s WFetch tool.
Details:
  SAP Business One company database = “SBODemoDE”
  SAP Business One user = “manager”
  SysID of “WSTest” = “0010000106”
Parameters:
Verb = POST 
Host = <machine name> or <IP> - e.g. 127.0.0.1
Port = 8080 – 8443 for “...Secure…”
Path =
/B1iXcellerator/exec/soap/vP.0010000006.in_WCSX/com.sap.b1i.vplatform.runtime/INB_WS_CALL_SYNC_XPT/INB_WS_CALL_SYNC_XPT.ipo/proc
Auth = Basic
User = en-US/manager/SBODemoDE
Password = <password of user manager>
Connect = http
Cipher = default
Client cert = none
Trace Raw = Off
Socket Reuse = Off
Advanced Request = Add Body
Body (example):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" >
  <SOAP-ENV:Body>
       <WStesting xmlns="">
                       <TestData1>Test1</TestData1>
                       <TestData2>Test2</TestData2>
       </WStesting>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
Expected result:
Response includes “200 OK”
Best regards
Bastian