I am trying to learn the ClientLogin Interface detailed on the Account Authentication APIs on Google code website.
I am using Firefox 3.5pre (Shiretoko) and XMLHttpRequest object in Javascript to follow the process. Here's a stripped down version of what I have:
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
function update() {
var auth_params = "accountType=HOSTED_OR_GOOGLE&Email=val"
+"&passwd=val&service=cl&source=MMA-Learning";
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('POST', 'https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin', true);
request.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
request.setRequestHeader("Content-Length", auth_params.length);
request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
request.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
alert ("Request done");
}
};
try {
request.send( auth_params );
} catch (e) {
alert ("Send Exception:\n"+e);
}
}
//]]>
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="javascript:update()">Authenticate</a>
</body>
</html>
When I click on the Authenticate link, all I get back is a Bad Request response. Examining the request headers, I don't see Content-Type set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
I am using Firebug 1.5X to examine the traffic.
For now, all I want to do is generate request mentioned in the Sample Request section and get a response mentioned in the Sample Responses section. If I get there, I want to get some account specific data like, unread Google Reader feeds etc.