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REST API returning blank
February 06, 2012, 09:11:24 am
Hi there,

When I try to authenticate against the Rest Api of my civicrm installation, I try the following URL:

https://www.example.org/path/to/civi/codebase/civicrm/extern/rest.php?q=civicrm/login&name=user&pass=password&key=apikey

but I just get a white screen. I've checked the following is all the correct:

 - username is correct
 - password is correct
 - api key is set for user and is correct
 - site key is set
 - correct url to rest api

There must be something else I'm missing.  I've tried it with three combinations:

CiviCRM 3.4.8 + Joomla 1.5.25
CiviCRM 3.4.8 + Drupal 6.22
CiviCRM 4.08 + Joomla 1.7.3

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Re: REST API returning blank
February 06, 2012, 10:31:52 am
You have to use the site key rather than the API key to authenticate? Once you have authenticated the api key is returned.
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Re: REST API returning blank
February 09, 2012, 07:40:29 am
Thanks for your help Erik. 

However, using the site key as I was supposed to still didn't help.  Actually, I found that despite doubling checking everything and making sure that I had everything right I still couldn't authenticate.  What I did find was that when I reverted back to version 3.4.5 / 4.0.5, everything started working perfectly again.  I hope this helps someone.

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Re: REST API returning blank
February 09, 2012, 07:58:24 am
Hi Simon,
could well be you have encountered a bug, what version where you using?
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Re: REST API returning blank
February 09, 2012, 08:02:21 am
Hi Erik,

I was using 3.4.8 / 4.0.8, though I tested it with .7 and .6 as well, and it only started working again with version 3.4.5 / 4.0.5. It could possibly be a bug, though I haven't heard of anyone else experiencing problems with the API on these versions.


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Re: REST API returning blank
February 10, 2012, 07:34:35 am
It is possible no one else is running REST yet on these versions :-) I will raise a bug and do a little digging.....
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