Pdmain is used to login to publicdata services.
Login is only allowed using POST or GET method. Please log in Once a day only. Following is an example POST link.
https://login.publicdata.com/pdmain.php/logon/checkAccess?disp=XML
Lets take a look at the link for PublicData's logon service.
https://login.publicdata.com
- This is the main server to login. After successful authentication, it will give you the login id for one day.
pdmain.php
- since we are performing a logon to the publicdata system we call pdmain.php
/Logon/checkAccess
- this is the logon service that will run when called.
disp=XML
- this is the display format that we wish to receive. Since we are an API user this will be XML.
Note: We use only use POST for login requests because this is more secure.
Lets take a look at the variables you will need to pass in.
login_id='SDF000006'
- this is same username that you logged in with.
password='nottellingyou'
- this is the same password that you logged in with normally.
Here is the response from that request.
Now Lets break down the XML level by level.
termsconditions_agreement
Description:
These are the terms and conditions you agree to whenever you use PublicData's service. The hyperlink contains all details of the contract you agree to.
Path:
pddata->termsconditions_agreement
postlogondata
Description:
This node is meant to tell you how many look-ups you have left. Use this formula to find out the look-ups remaining: [(searchallowed + searchbonus) - searchused].
Path:
pddata->postlogondata
helplinks
Description:
Any other helpful links that could help you.
Path:
pddata->helplinks
user
Description:
This node holds the authorization id if you successfully log in.
Path:
pddata->user
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