bool StartSession()

in src/oslogin_utils.cc [1213:1244]

• 25 lines of code
• 4 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

bool StartSession(const string& email, string* response) {
  bool ret = true;
  json_object* jobj = NULL;
  json_object* jarr = NULL;

  jarr = json_object_new_array();
  json_object_array_add(jarr, json_object_new_string(INTERNAL_TWO_FACTOR));
  json_object_array_add(jarr, json_object_new_string(SECURITY_KEY_OTP));
  json_object_array_add(jarr, json_object_new_string(AUTHZEN));
  json_object_array_add(jarr, json_object_new_string(TOTP));
  json_object_array_add(jarr, json_object_new_string(IDV_PREREGISTERED_PHONE));

  jobj = json_object_new_object();
  json_object_object_add(jobj, "email", json_object_new_string(email.c_str()));
  json_object_object_add(jobj, "supportedChallengeTypes", jarr);  // Ownership transferred to jobj.

  const char* data;
  data = json_object_to_json_string_ext(jobj, JSON_C_TO_STRING_PLAIN);

  std::stringstream url;
  url << kMetadataServerUrl << "authenticate/sessions/start";

  long http_code = 0;
  if (!HttpPost(url.str(), data, response, &http_code) || response->empty() ||
      http_code != 200) {
    ret = false;
  }

  json_object_put(jobj);

  return ret;
}