/config/{app}/flows/{flow} | Janrain Education Center

This endpoint includes the following methods:

GET

Description

Returns information about a flow.

Authentication

This endpoint supports Basic authentication. To create an authentication string, combine your API client ID, a colon (:), and your client secret into a single value. For example, if your client ID is abcdefg and your client secret is hijklmnop, that value would look like this:

abcdefg:hijklmnop

Next, take the string and base64 encode it.

For example, on a Mac, you can base encode the string using this command:

echo -n "abcdefg:hijklmnop" | base64

If you’re running Microsoft Windows, you can encode the string by using a Windows PowerShell command similar to this:

[Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes("abcdefg:hijklmn"))

The resulting value (e.g., YWJjZGVmZzpoaWprbG1ub3A=) should be used in your authentication header.

If you are making API calls using Postman, select Basic Auth as your identification type, then use the client ID as the username and the client secret as the password.

Make sure that your API client has the all the permissions (for example, the right to read user profile information) needed to complete the API call.

URI Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
flow	string	Yes	The flow name.

Base URL

The base URL for this endpoint is your Janrain Configuration API domain followed by /config/ followed by your application ID. For example, if you are in the US region and your application ID is htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr, then your base URL would be:


https://v1.api.us.janrain.com/config/htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr

Allowed regions are:

Sample Request (curl)

This command returns information about the standard flow associated with the application htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr:


curl -X get \
  https://v1.api.us.janrain.com/config/htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr/flows/standard \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic aW1fYV...NfbXk='

Running Code Samples Using Postman

The Janrain REST API code samples are written using Curl, but they can easily be run from within Postman. To use one of our code samples in Postman:

Click the Copy to Clipboard button located directly beneath the code sample
In Postman, click Import to display the Import dialog box.
In the Import dialog box, click Paste Raw Text, and then paste in the copied code. The Import dialog box should look similar to this:
Click Import, and the Curl command will be converted to a format that can be run from within Postman. All you need to do now is configure the command to work with your Janrain implementation.

Responses

200 OK

Response Example (application/json)


{
  "_self": "/config/v86cchggr5cdvbfh7ydk8s63zz/flows/myCoolFlow",
  "name": "myCoolFlow",
  "version": "2015111701280483247",
  "userData": [
      "email",
      "displayName",
      "givenName"
  ],
  "schemas": [
      "myCoolEntityType"
  ]
}

404 Not Found

Flow could not be found. Please check the value and try again.

Response Example (application/json)


{
  "_self": "/config/v86cchggr5cdvbfh7ydk8s63zz/flows/myCoolFlow",
  "name": "myCoolFlow",
  "version": "2015111701280483247",
  "userData": [
      "email",
      "displayName",
      "givenName"
  ],
  "schemas": [
      "myCoolEntityType"
  ]
}

PUT

Description

Updates/replaces userData object and/or entityTypes in the flow. userData lists the schema attributes to store in the janrainCaptureProfileData object in Local Storage for a logged-in user.

Authentication

abcdefg:hijklmnop

Next, take the string and base64 encode it.

For example, on a Mac, you can base encode the string using this command:

echo -n "abcdefg:hijklmnop" | base64

If you’re running Microsoft Windows, you can encode the string by using a Windows PowerShell command similar to this:

[Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes("abcdefg:hijklmn"))

The resulting value (e.g., YWJjZGVmZzpoaWprbG1ub3A=) should be used in your authentication header.

If you are making API calls using Postman, select Basic Auth as your identification type, then use the client ID as the username and the client secret as the password.

Make sure that your API client has the all the permissions (for example, the right to read user profile information) needed to complete the API call.

Base URL


https://v1.api.us.janrain.com/config/htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr

Allowed regions are:

Request Example (application/json)


{
  "userData": [
    "email",
    "displayName",
    "familyName",
    "primaryAddress.country"
  ],
  "schemas": [
    "myCoolEntityType"
  ]
}

Sample Request (curl)

This command sets the userData object for the documentation flow associated with the application htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr:


curl -X PUT \
  https://v1.api.us.janrain.com/config/htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr/flows/documentation \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic aW1fYV...NfbXk=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
     "userData": [
        "email",
        "displayName",
        "primaryAddress.country"
    ]
}'

Running Code Samples Using Postman

The Janrain REST API code samples are written using Curl, but they can easily be run from within Postman. To use one of our code samples in Postman:

Click the Copy to Clipboard button located directly beneath the code sample
In Postman, click Import to display the Import dialog box.
In the Import dialog box, click Paste Raw Text, and then paste in the copied code. The Import dialog box should look similar to this:
Click Import, and the Curl command will be converted to a format that can be run from within Postman. All you need to do now is configure the command to work with your Janrain implementation.

Responses

204 No Content

Successfully updated the Flow.

404 Not Found

Flow could not be found. Please check the value and try again.

Response Example (application/json)


{
  "_self": "/config/v86cchggr5cdvbfh7ydk8s63zz/flows/myCoolFlow",
  "name": "myCoolFlow",
  "version": "2015111701280483247",
  "userData": [
      "email",
      "displayName",
      "givenName"
  ],
  "schemas": [
      "myCoolEntityType"
  ]
}