Anaplan REST API Authentication with SSO

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Jason_Ching
Jason_Ching Member, ALL USERS, Community Member, Community Pioneer Posts: 4 Master Anaplanner of the Year
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Does anyone have experience with making get and post calls against the Anaplan API after implementing SSO (SAML 2.0)?

 

Before we setup SSO, I was able to pass my "username:password" credentials in Base64 to authenticate against the Anaplan REST API and make get + post calls successfully.

 

Now, when I pass the same credentials I get a bad response from the REST API.  I've spoken with my internal network admin and it sounds like setting up a service account is the best solution?

 

Can anyone confirm if this is true or not?

 

 

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  • AnalyticWrnglr
    AnalyticWrnglr Member, ALL USERS, Partner Posts: 2 New Contributor

    Jason,

     

    I know it's been a while since you posted this message.  However, is the user you're trying to auth against an "exception user"?  If not, this is a requirement in order for a non-sso user to come in the front door making connect and/or API calls.  As there really isn't a way to auth via SSO easily.

     

    Thanks!

    -Reg

  • AnalyticWrnglr
    AnalyticWrnglr Member, ALL USERS, Partner Posts: 2 New Contributor

    Certificate based auth is absolutely the best way to go, regardless of SSO integration.  Super easy, secure and very flexible.

  • s9urom
    s9urom Member, ALL USERS Posts: 2 New Contributor

    Jesse,

     

    Do you know when will the SSO authentication for API be supported as a formal integration pattern.  From a security prespective, SSO authentication is more fool-proof than certificate based authentication and management of users is more federated than having a need to setup an external user.

     

    Ravi.

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