Version: 5.4.x

Create Client

Create client#

To create a new client record you will need to make a TLS request to the OpenHIM API for the below method and endpoint and supply the JSON object for the client record.

Method: POST
Endpoint: {openhim_url}:8080/clients
Payload: JSON object of the client record

Example#

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Sample Data

Before we can send our request to the OpenHIM API we need to ensure that we construct our valid HTTP headers to successfully authenticate with the OpenHIM API.

NodeJS
Bash

Copy the below code at the bottom of your nodejs script that handles the authentication of the OpenHIM headers as described in the authentication section.

Replace the openhimOptions values with the correct implementation details and supply the SampleData payload to submit. You will also need to update the clientPassword variable to your desired password as well as to ensure you set the passwordSalt / passwordHash values in your SampleData payload

// append below code to the "openhim-api.js" script containing the authentication methods.
// This is described within the authentication section

const genClientPassword = (password) => {
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    const passwordSalt = crypto.randomBytes(16)

    // create passhash
    let shasum = crypto.createHash('sha512')
    shasum.update(password)
    shasum.update(passwordSalt.toString('hex'))
    const passwordHash = shasum.digest('hex')

    resolve({
      "passwordSalt": passwordSalt.toString('hex'),
      "passwordHash": passwordHash
    })
  })
}

(async () => {
  const openhimOptions = {
    apiURL: 'https://localhost:8080',
    apiEndpoint: '/clients',
    username: '[email protected]',
    password: 'openhim-password',
    rejectUnauthorized: false
  }
  const clientPassword = "client-password"
  const clientPasswordDetails = await genClientPassword(clientPassword)

  const SampleData = 'SampleData'

  const headers = await genAuthHeaders(openhimOptions)

  const options = {
    method: 'POST',
    url: `${openhimOptions.apiURL}${openhimOptions.apiEndpoint}`,
    rejectUnauthorized: openhimOptions.rejectUnauthorized,
    headers: headers,
    body: SampleData,
    json: true
  }

  request(options, (error, response, body) => {
    if (error) throw new Error(error)

    console.log({
      statusCode: response.statusCode,
      body
    })
  })
})()

Execute the below command in your terminal to run the nodejs script

node openhim-api.js

Ensure that you have created your bash script to construct the HTTP authentication headers and send the request to the OpenHIM API as described in the authentication section.

Execute the below command in your terminal where the file is located with the required arguments. Replace the placeholder arguments with the correct implementation details and ensure your SampleData.json file exists with the client object.

generate a valid password hash and salt#

# gen-client-password.sh

#!/bin/bash
if (( $# < 1)); then
    echo "OpenHIM Client Password: Curl wrapper that generates the client Password details";
    echo "Usage: $0 PASSWORD";
    exit 0;
fi
pass=$1;
shift;
shift;

salt=`cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'abcdef0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1`;
passhash=`echo -n "$pass$salt" | shasum -a 512 | awk '{print $1}'`;

echo Password Salt: $salt
echo Password Hash: $passhash

echo "";

and execute the above bash script with the below command

./gen-client-password.sh <CLIENT_PASSWORD>

Once you have generated the hash and salt for the password, supply it into the SampleData.json payload to be submitted

Execute the below command in your terminal to create the client

./openhim-api.sh [email protected] openhim-password -v https://localhost:8080/clients -d @SampleData.json -H "Content-Type:application/json"

The response status code will be 201 if successful.