SoftLayer_User_Customer_ApiAuthentication::getUser failed with Exception - api

Question

package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/softlayer/softlayer-go/services"
"github.com/softlayer/softlayer-go/session"
)
func main() {
// SoftLayer API username and key
username := "my-username" // used actual username and api-key
apikey := "My-APIkey"
// Create SoftLayer API session
sess := session.New(username, apikey)
// Get SoftLayer_Account service
resp := services.GetUserCustomerApiAuthenticationService(sess)
users, err := resp.GetUser()
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("\n Unable to get users:\n - %s\n", err)
return
}
fmt.Printf("\n Unable to get users:\n - %s\n", users)
}
=====
$ ./list_user
Unable to get users:
- SoftLayer_Exception: Object does not exist to execute method on. (SoftLayer_User_Customer_ApiAuthentication::getUser) (HTTP 500)
I tried the similar code to get object as well. It throws same exception.

Answer 1

The reason you are getting this error is due to that both methods need to use an User_Customer_ApiAuthentication identifier.
You can use the following code on both methods as they will use the same authentication id:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"encoding/json"
"github.com/softlayer/softlayer-go/services"
"github.com/softlayer/softlayer-go/session"
)
func main() {
// SoftLayer API username and key
username := "my-username" // used actual username and api-key
apikey := "My-ApiKey"
// Create SoftLayer API session
sess := session.New(username, apikey)
// Get SoftLayer_Account service
resp := services.GetUserCustomerApiAuthenticationService(sess)
users, err := resp.Id(123456).GetUser()
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("\n Unable to get users:\n - %s\n", err)
return
}
//Following helps to print the result in json format.
jsonFormat, jsonErr := json.MarshalIndent(users,""," ")
if jsonErr != nil {
fmt.Println(jsonErr)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(jsonFormat))
}
If you need to retrieve the authentication id above, you can use the SoftLayer_User_Customer::getObject method and search for the apiAuthenticationKeys relational property that will contain it.