Using a Named User License with a Custom Web Application

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By Sajith Subramanian

Users having a Named User license and working with a custom web application, can now login into Vault
with their Named User license, with the existing Standard / Windows authentication.

With the Vault 2021.2 update onwards, the LogInWithUserLicense() method was added to support this workflow.

The sample code syntax for this method would be similar to:

VDF.Vault.Results.LoginResult results = VDF.Vault.Library.ConnectionManager.LogInWithUserLicense(<br>                 tbServerName.Text, tbVaultName.Text, tbUserName.Text, tbPassword.Text, <strong>Token</strong>, VDF.Vault.Currency.Connections.AuthenticationFlags.Standard, null);<br>
m_conn = results.Connection;<br>

The above method takes in an additional input parameter “Token”. You can refer to the Forge documentation on how to generate this token:
https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/oauth/v2/tutorials/get-3-legged-token/

The Vault SDK also contains a ready to compile sample that demonstrates this workflow. On a default installation of Vault, you can find it here:

C:Program FilesAutodeskAutodesk Vault 2022 SDKVS19CSharpWebAppUserLicense
Do take a look at the included Readme.txt file that contains additional details to help build and run this sample.