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Doc: Added hint regarding Basic Authenticaation credentials

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Thomas Basler 2022-11-10 20:38:11 +01:00
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@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ may be incomplete
- Some API calls have a single URL for GET and POST - e.g. `/api/ntp/config`
- Other API calls use e.g. `/api/limit/status` to GET data and a different URL `/api/limit/config` to POST data.
- If you want to investigate the web api communication, a good tool is [Postman](https://www.postman.com/)
- Settings API require username and password provided with Basic Authentication credentials
### Get information
@ -405,14 +406,14 @@ The Web API is designed to allow the web frontend in the web browser to communic
If you want to configure the ntp server setting, first fetch the information from the web API:
```
~$ curl http://192.168.10.10/api/ntp/config
~$ curl -u "admin:password" http://192.168.10.10/api/ntp/config
{"ntp_server":"pool.ntp.org","ntp_timezone":"CET-1CEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3","ntp_timezone_descr":"Europe/Berlin"}
```
Then, second step, send your new settings. Use the text output from curl in the first step, add `data=` and enclose the whole data with single quotes.
```
~$ curl http://192.168.10.10/api/ntp/config -d 'data={"ntp_server":"my.own.ntp.server.home","ntp_timezone":"CET-1CEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3","ntp_timezone_descr":"Europe/Berlin"}'
~$ curl -u "admin:password" http://192.168.10.10/api/ntp/config -d 'data={"ntp_server":"my.own.ntp.server.home","ntp_timezone":"CET-1CEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3","ntp_timezone_descr":"Europe/Berlin"}'
{"type":"success","message":"Settings saved!"}
```
You will receive a json formatted response.
@ -431,7 +432,7 @@ I see data from two configured inverters.
Now I set the relative power limit of inverter with serialnumber `11418180xxxx` to 50%.
```
~$ curl http://192.168.10.10/api/limit/config -d 'data={"serial":"11418180xxxx", "limit_type":1, "limit_value":50}'
~$ curl -u "admin:password" http://192.168.10.10/api/limit/config -d 'data={"serial":"11418180xxxx", "limit_type":1, "limit_value":50}'
{"type":"success","message":"Settings saved!"}
```