/**
* Save this file as auth_local.php after you put in your server info.
*/
function get_bb()
{
// your bb server base url
$server = "https://your.bbserver.tld/";
$blackboard = new BbPhp($server);
// this is proxy info which you can get from the
// System Admin > Building Blocks > Proxy Tools > Edit Proxy Tool
// page, once the proxy tool has been created
$results = $blackboard->Context("loginTool", array("password" => "shared_password_from_page", "clientVendorId" => "listed as Vendor", "clientProgramId" => "listed as Program", "loginExtraInfo" => "", "expectedLifeSeconds" => 5000));
if ($results) {
return $blackboard;
} else {
echo "<h4>Outcome of attempted Login Tool method.";
echo "<pre>" . print_r($results, true) . "</pre>";
return $results;
}
}
pre {
background-color: #C8DBDB;
margin: 20px 20px 20px 20px;
padding: 20px 20px 20xp 20px;
}
</style>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/1.3.0/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<?php
//Set the blackboard server your using
$server = "http://bb9test.stedwards.edu";
//Init the Blackboard object
$blackboard = new BbPhp($server);
//Use the information matching a registered Proxy Tool to login
$results = $blackboard->Context("loginTool", array("password" => "MassiveNinjasEpicSlurpees", "clientVendorId" => "aaron_proxy", "clientProgramId" => "example_tool", "loginExtraInfo" => "", "expectedLifeSeconds" => 5000));
if ($results == TRUE) {
//Calling a method WITH required fields.
$results = $blackboard->Context("getMemberships", array("userid" => "aaronm"));
/**
* Blackboard returns a multidimensional array, unless user has only one course, the its singular.
* We fix this, because it is annoying. Start a list of the users courses with the course external id.
*
*/
$courses = array();
if (count($results) == count($results, COUNT_RECURSIVE)) {
$courses[0]['externalId'] = $results['externalId'];
} else {
foreach ($results as $result) {