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CA Strong Authentication Web Services Guide › Performing Credential Operations › Deleting Credentials

Deleting Credentials

This section walks you through:

Preparing the Request Message

The DeleteCredentialRequestMessage is used to delete the credentials. The input elements for deleting the credentials are same as that explained in the "Creating Credentials" section. For more information about each element, refer to the tables listed in the "Creating Credentials" section.

Invoking the Web Service

To delete the credentials of a user:

  1. (Optional) Include the authentication and authorization details in the SOAP header or in the additionalInput element of the DeleteCredential operation. See chapter, "Managing Web Services Security" for more information on these details.
  2. Use the userName and orgName elements to fetch the details of the user whose credential you want to delete.
  3. Depending on the type of credential you want to delete, use the respective <CredentialName>Input element to obtain the credential information.

    The input required for each credential is different. For example, password is needed for Password as well as ArcotID PKI, while questions and corresponding answers are required for QnA credentials.

  4. (Optional) If you are implementing a plug-in, then invoke the additionalInput element type to fill the additional input.

    This type provides the additional information that is set as a name-value pair.

  5. Use DeleteCredentialRequestMessage and construct the input message by using the details obtained in preceding steps.
  6. Invoke the DeleteCredential operation of the ArcotWebFortIssuanceSvc service to delete the credential.

    This operation returns an instance of the DeleteCredentialResponseMessage that includes the credentials and the transaction details.

Interpreting the Response Message

For successful transactions, the response message, DeleteCredentialResponseMessage returns the elements explained in the table containing information about the elements that the response message, CreateCredentialResponseMessage, returns. These elements are included in the SOAP body. If there are any errors, then the Fault response is included in the SOAP body. See appendix, "Error Codes" for more information on the SOAP error messages.