package crowd import ( "bytes" "encoding/xml" "fmt" "io/ioutil" "net/http" "net/url" ) type authReq struct { XMLName struct{} `xml:"password"` Password string `xml:"value"` } // Authenticate a user & password against Crowd. Returns error on failure // or account lockout. Success is a populated User with nil error. func (c *Crowd) Authenticate(user string, pass string) (User, error) { u := User{} ar := authReq{Password: pass} arEncoded, err := xml.Marshal(ar) if err != nil { return u, err } arBuf := bytes.NewBuffer(arEncoded) v := url.Values{} v.Set("username", user) url := c.url + "rest/usermanagement/1/authentication?" + v.Encode() client := http.Client{Jar: c.cookies} req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, arBuf) if err != nil { return u, err } req.SetBasicAuth(c.user, c.passwd) req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/xml") req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/xml") resp, err := client.Do(req) if err != nil { return u, err } defer resp.Body.Close() body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body) if err != nil { return u, err } switch resp.StatusCode { case 400: er := Error{} err = xml.Unmarshal(body, &er) if err != nil { return u, err } return u, fmt.Errorf("%s", er.Reason) case 200: err = xml.Unmarshal(body, &u) if err != nil { return u, err } default: return u, fmt.Errorf("request failed: %s\n", resp.Status) } return u, nil }