I'm trying to read and update property values using the REST API guide. I'm using Postman to test the following query:
GET [xxxxxx]/Thingworx/Things/HouseThing/Properties
I've specified my ThingWorx login credentials under HTTP Basic Auth parameters in Postman but the API is returning 401 Unauthorized. Am I supposed to have a different set of credentials for this authentication?
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Updates:
I did have to create a new user (see the Users link on the left-side of the Composer window). Too bad this isn't mentioned under the REST API tutorial, or the Foundation tutorial, or the Quickstart tutorial. I couldn't see any indication from the API or the instructional documentation about the different types of ThingWorx credentials.
Now I'm having a different issue: when I run this query,
http://34.192.26.37/Thingworx/Things/HouseThing/Properties
I expect to see a list of the same properties that I see when I visit the "Properties" link under the HouseThing Composer view. In fact, I don't see *any* of the HouseThing parameters. The API response is as follows (why doesn't it show the address/temperature/light properties?):
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Property Listing For HouseThing</TITLE>
<LINK rel='Stylesheet' href='/Thingworx/css/thingworxapi.css' type='text/css'></LINK>
<META http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html'></META>
<META http-equiv='cache-control' content='no-cache, no-store'></META>
<META http-equiv='expires' content='-1'></META>
<META http-equiv='pragma' content='no-cache, no-store'></META>
<META http-equiv='refresh' content='30'></META>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<IMG SRC="/Thingworx/images/ThingworxLogo.png"/>
<BR/>
<H1>Property Listing For HouseThing</H1>
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TH>name</TH>
<TH>value</TH>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
