cognoscognos-tm1

How to authent to Cognos TM1 REST API when server is using CAM

When to try to get some date using REST API from a Cognos TM1 i get HTTP 401: Unauthorized

Here is my sample with basic authentication header.

GET https://testserver:8000/api/v1/Cubes

I get HTTP 401: Unauthorized and in heads:

WWW-Authenticate: CAMPassport http://testserver:80/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognosisapi.dll, CAMNamespace

How to get cookie from CAM so i could use it with REST API ?

Solution

  • I have found a nice wiki page which have helped me a lot: Using CAM authentication with TM1's, OData compliant, RESTful API