FortiSandbox API returns HTML instead of JSON

Nehorai · ‎07-13-2018

Hello,

I am trying to send http requst to the api, but I'm always get's HTML response and not JSON response.

I have the "FortiSandbox-JSON API Reference" Version 2.4.1

My username: admin

My password: Aa12345!

here the request:

POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: 10.1.1.170 Content-Type: application/json Accept: application/json Cache-Control: no-cache

{ "method": "exec", "params": [{ "url": "/sys/login/user", "data": [{ "user": "admin", "passwd": "Aa12345!" }] }], "id": 1, "ver": "2.0" }

in the response I'm always getting the html content of the login page, here full html content:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en"> <head> <title>FortiSandbox - Please login</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache"> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/bootstrap.css"/> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css"/> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/font-awesome.min.css"/> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/misc/eModal.css"/>

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/static/images/favicon.ico">

<link rel="icon" href="/static/images/favicon.ico"> <script type="text/javascript" src="/static/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?v="></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/static/js/jquery-ui/js/jquery-1.9.0.js?v="></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/static/js/jquery-ui/js/jquery-ui-1.10.0.custom.min.js?v="></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/static/js/common.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript"> if (top.location != window.location) top.location.reload(); if (window.opener) { window.opener.top.location.reload(); self.close(); } </script> </head> <body> <table id="container"> <tr><td> <noscript> <div name="js_msg_txt" id="js_msg_txt">Warning: this page requires Javascript. To correctly view, please enable it in your browser and refresh.</div> </noscript> <div name="cookie_msg_txt" id="cookie_msg_txt" style="display:none;">Warning: this page requires Cookie. To correctly view, please enable it in your browser and refresh.</div> <form id="login_panel" action="/logincheck" method="post" name="login" autocomplete="off" class='disabled'><div style='display:none'><input type='hidden' name='csrfmiddlewaretoken' value='0dd02eed05e0a3aa4ff4703ab9399f04' /></div> <div id='topbar'> <i class="ftnt-fortinet-grid" id="login-logo"></i> <span>FortiSandbox</span></div> <div name="err_msg_txt" id="err_msg_txt" class="error-msg hidden">

</div> <input type="text" name="username" id="username" maxlength="35" placeholder='Username' > <input type='password' name="password" id="password" placeholder='Password' autocomplete="off"> <input type="hidden" name="next" value="/sys/login/user"> <input name="login_button" id="login_button" type="submit" value="Login" disabled='disabled'> </form> </td></tr> </table>

<div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle"></i> <span class="modal-title">Login Disclaimer</span> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <p>PREWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNING<br />This is a private computer system. Unauthorized access or use is prohibited and subject to prosecution and/or disciplinary action. All use of this system constitutes consent to monitoring at all times and users are not entitled to any expectation of privacy. If monitoring reveals possible evidence of violation of criminal statutes, this evidence and any other related information, including identification information about the user, may be provided to law enforcement officials. If monitoring reveals violations of security regulations or unauthorized use, employees who violate security regulations or make unauthorized use of this system are subject to appropriate disciplinary action.<br />PREWARNINGWARNINGWARNINGWARNING</p> </div> <div class="modal-footer"> <button id="accept_button" data-dismiss="modal"> <i class="fa fa-check"></i> <span> Accept </span> </button> </div> </div>

</div> </div>

if (1 > 1) $('.error-msg').removeClass('hidden'); })

$('#login_button').click(function(){ $(this).addClass('pressed'); });

var my_xmlhttp=null; var buf_request_in_progress=false; var elm_username=document.getElementById("username"); var elm_password=document.getElementById("password"); var elm_twofactor=document.getElementById("auth_two_factor"); var elm_button=document.getElementById("login_button");

function clear_input(){ var two_factor_auth=(!!document.getElementById("auth_two_factor")); if(!two_factor_auth) elm_username.value=""; elm_password.value=""; }

function do_init(){ // for IE8, and other morden browser; document.onreadystatechange = function() { if (document.readyState === 'complete') { // DOM is ready!

if ( areCookiesEnabled()) {

document.onkeydown = key_pressdown; // document.getElementById("js_msg_txt").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("password").disabled = false; document.getElementById("username").disabled = false; document.getElementById("login_button").disabled = false; document.forms[0].username.focus(); document.forms[0].className = ""; } else{ document.getElementById("cookie_msg_txt").style.display = "block"; }

delCookie("fsuis"); $('#username').focus();

} };

// for Firefox 3.6 if (areCookiesEnabled()) { document.onkeydown = key_pressdown; // document.getElementById("js_msg_txt").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("password").disabled = false; document.getElementById("username").disabled = false; document.getElementById("login_button").disabled = false; document.forms[0].username.focus(); document.forms[0].className = ""; } else{ document.getElementById("cookie_msg_txt").style.display = "block"; }

delCookie("fsuis"); $('#username').focus(); document.getElementById("username").setAttribute( "autocomplete", "off" ); document.getElementById("password").setAttribute( "autocomplete", "off" ); }

do_init();

</script> </body> </html>

What am I missing?

Nehorai · ‎07-14-2018

I have found my mistake, only need to add /jsonrpc to the suffix of the url

treven · ‎08-04-2023

Does this still work for you? I know this was like 5 years ago but i was having a similar issue however, now I am getting back a code 10 Invalid Request I feel it has something to with this the sys/login/user or path parameters.

FortiSandbox API returns HTML instead of JSON

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