keygen-sh / example-cpp-user-authentication

Example of authenticating as a user and interacting with Keygen's API

Example C++ User Authentication

This is an example C++ program for authenticating as a user and using a user token to interact with the API. It contains a small command line script that generates a new API token using the user's email and password, and then uses that token to retrieve the user's profile and to list the user's licenses.

Running the example

First up, add an environment variable containing your account ID:

# Your Keygen account ID
export KEYGEN_ACCOUNT_ID="YOUR_KEYGEN_ACCOUNT_ID"

You can either run each line above within your terminal session before starting the app, or you can add the above contents to your ~/.bashrc file and then run source ~/.bashrc after saving the file.

Next, on macOS, compile the source using g++:

g++ main.cpp -o bin.out \
  -std=c++17 \
  -stdlib=libc++ \
  -lcurl

Then run the bin:

KEYGEN_ACCOUNT_ID=demo ./bin.out

Running on other platforms

We are only including instructions on how to compile and run this example on macOS. If you'd like to create a PR with instructions for another platform, such as Windows or Linux, please feel free to open a PR.

Questions?

Reach out at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns!