API connections for dummies
I feel really stupid asking this, but my brain doesn't seem to work properly when thinking about API connections.
I have a third party app that I'm trying to connect to. I have to send credentials (API key in header, username/password in parameters) to the login URL get a token that is valid for an hour. I then send another request (API key and token in header, record information I want to get data from in parameters) to different URLs (depending on the data I want).
Inside a function, I can do this without issue. I don't like the API key, username and password being visible so assumed that a Connection was the right thing to do.... but can I work out how to do it?! Absolutely not.
My issue is mainly the username and password - I've got the API key in the header in the connection, which seems to work. I've setup the username and password as dynamic parameters.... but how do I add these to a map in order to pass them?! At the moment I've got the actual username and password in my code, getting added into a map.
Please can someone give me a really basic guide as to how I can do this? I've read lots and still can't work it out. I don't have a secret key or anything. I just have an API key, username and password. It's OAS3 - not sure if that's relevant.
Much appreciated!!