The 23andme web site has an API and they give the following instructions:
Send a POST /token/ request with these parameters (client_id and client_secret are on your dashboard):
curl https://api.23andme.com/token/
-d client_id=xxx \
-d client_secret=yyy \
-d grant_type=authorization_code \
-d code=zzz \
-d "redirect_uri=https://localhost:5000/receive_code/"
-d "scope=basic%20rs3094315"
If successful, you'll get a 200 JSON response like this:
{"access_token":"89822b93d2",
"token_type":"bearer",
"expires_in": 86400,
"refresh_token":"33c53cd7bb",
"scope":"rs3094315 basic"}
So, here's what I tried, but it didn't work. I know Ruby, but have never used net/http or uri.
def self.get_token(code)
uri = URI.parse("https://api.23andme.com/token")
https = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
https.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
request["client_id"] = 'my client id goes here'
request["client_secret"] = 'my client secret goes here'
request["grant_type"] = 'authorization_code'
request["code"] = code
request["redirect_uri"] = 'http://localhost:3000'
request["scope"] = 'names basic haplogroups relatives'
response = https.request(request)
return response.to_s
end
You are doing it right using curl
with the -d
option to set the parameter in the body of the POST request. However, with the Net::HTTP::Post
object, the syntax request["key"] = value
is used to set the headers of the Http object.
Use set_form_data
to set all the parameters into the body of the POST request.
For example, use it in this way:
request.set_form_data({"client_id" => "my client id goes here", "code" => code})
The following will clarify the above:
$ > request["client_id"] = 'my client id goes here'
# => "my client id goes here"
$ > request.body
# => nil # body is nil!!!
$ > request.each_header { |e| p e }
# "client_id"
# => {"client_id"=>["my client id goes here"]}
$ > request.set_form_data("client_secret" => 'my client secret goes here')
# => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
$ > request.body
# => "client_secret=my+client+secret+goes+here" # body contains the added param!!!