Log in from an application

Any custom application you write that uses Adobe® Connect™ Enterprise Web Services functionality or integrates with a third-party system needs to log in a user to Adobe Connect Enterprise Server 6 or to an Adobe Connect Enterprise Hosted 6 account. In its simplest form, the process of logging in calls the login action.

However, the technique for logging in varies, according to whether you use cookie management, have a licensed server or a hosted account, and authenticate directly to Connect Enterprise or use external authentication. Depending on your environment and server configuration, you might also use combinations of these options.

Cookie management When a user logs in, Connect Enterprise returns a cookie that identifies the user's session. You need to pass the cookie back to the server on all calls made to the server during the user's session. Then, when the user logs out, the server makes the cookie expire and you should invalidate it.

In your development environment, you can use a code library that manages cookies for you. The process of logging in and managing a user's session varies according to whether you use a cookie management library or manage the user's session yourself.

Licensed server or hosted account Your organization might have a licensed Enterprise Server within your firewall, or you may have an Enterprise Hosted account at Adobe. Either way, you send XML requests over HTTP or HTTPS, but security requirements and the login process vary. If you are a hosted customer, you can use certain parameters with the login action to avoid sending user IDs and passwords over the Internet.

Direct or external authentication Whether you are a hosted or licensed customer, your application might authenticate directly to Connect Enterprise, or you might authenticate users on your own network, set an identifier in an HTTP request header, and send it to Connect Enterprise. The login process varies according to whether you use direct or external authentication.

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