topic security tokens in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/security-tokens/m-p/400097#M9343 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>i'm generating long-term tokens serverside (using referrer as client) &amp; storing them. seems to work ok using http REST calls outside of flex (in coldfusion). however i'm getting invalid token errors when i try the same token inside our flex app (actually not getting anything for the dynamic layers, no display no errors but if if force a query task, then i can see the bad token errors). </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>we can't use the identity manager as access to the app, map services, etc is already controlled via a complex authentication system.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>do we need to generate the tokens from within flex for this work (seen a few posts alluding to this)?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>thanks.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>ps: the API docs have an example that uses the token on both the layer URL &amp; as a parameter. pretty sure that's a typo.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:34:37 GMT PaulHastings1 2013-02-22T14:34:37Z security tokens https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/security-tokens/m-p/400097#M9343 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>i'm generating long-term tokens serverside (using referrer as client) &amp; storing them. seems to work ok using http REST calls outside of flex (in coldfusion). however i'm getting invalid token errors when i try the same token inside our flex app (actually not getting anything for the dynamic layers, no display no errors but if if force a query task, then i can see the bad token errors). </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>we can't use the identity manager as access to the app, map services, etc is already controlled via a complex authentication system.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>do we need to generate the tokens from within flex for this work (seen a few posts alluding to this)?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>thanks.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>ps: the API docs have an example that uses the token on both the layer URL &amp; as a parameter. pretty sure that's a typo.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:34:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/security-tokens/m-p/400097#M9343 PaulHastings1 2013-02-22T14:34:37Z Re: security tokens https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/security-tokens/m-p/400098#M9344 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>looks like the referrer as client won't work from flex. no matter how i generate the token outside of flex or what i use as referrer, client referrer fails. IP (either flavor) seems to work ok.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>if that's really the case, perhaps that should be documented some place?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 02:47:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/security-tokens/m-p/400098#M9344 PaulHastings1 2013-02-24T02:47:37Z