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Fetching User Attributes Configured for Encryption

The administrators of an organization can choose to store the user attributes in an encrypted format. To fetch such attributes that are configured to be stored in encrypted format, you need to use the listConfiguredAttributesForEncryption operation.

This section walks you through the following steps for fetching the user attributes that are configured for encryption:

Preparing the Request Message

The listConfiguredAttributesForEncryptionRequest message is used to fetch the user attributes that are configured for encryption. The following table lists the elements of this request message.

Element

Mandatory

Description

orgName

No

The name of the organization for which the user attributes have to be fetched.

clientTxId

No

Unique transaction identifier that your calling application can include. This identifier helps in tracking the related transactions.

Invoking the Web Service

To fetch user attributes configured for encryption:

  1. (Optional) Include the authentication and authorization details in the header of the listConfiguredAttributesForEncryption operation. See "Managing Web Services Security" for more information on the header elements.
  2. Use the listConfiguredAttributesForEncryptionRequest elements to get the organization name, as listed in the table.
  3. Use the listConfiguredAttributesForEncryptionRequest message and construct the input message by using the details specified in the preceding step.
  4. Invoke the listConfiguredAttributesForEncryption operation of the ArcotConfigRegistrySvc service to fetch the user attributes.

    This operation returns the listConfiguredAttributesForEncryptionResponse message that includes the transaction identifier, authentication token, and user attributes. See the following section for more information on the response message.

Interpreting the Response Message

The response message, listConfiguredAttributesForEncryptionResponse, returns the transaction identifier and the authentication token in the SOAP envelope header. The SOAP body includes the user attributes for a successful transaction and the Fault response for an error condition.

See the following table for more information on the elements returned for a successful transaction. Refer to appendix, "Exceptions and Error Codes" if there are any errors.

Element

Description

Header Elements

udsTransactionID

The unique identifier of the transaction performed by using UDS.

authToken

The authentication token that is returned if the credential verification to access the Web service was successful. This token eliminates the need for you to present the authentication credential for successive access to the Web service.

By default, the authentication token is valid for one day, after which you need to authenticate again.

Body Elements

isGlobal

Specifies whether the user attributes are configured for encryption at the global level:

  • True: Indicates that the user attributes are configured for encryption at the global level.
  • False: Indicates that the user attributes are configured for encryption at the organization level.

attribute

The name of the user attribute.