base64 message template not working as expected

[robert]

Just doing a quick POC and see a potential issue. Please let me know if I'm doing this wrong? It's the configuration on a service callout policy.

Here's my configuration. Base64 Encoding message template is encoding the first quote and part of the string but cutting off the colon and rest of string.

      <Set>
          <Headers>
                <Header name="Authorization">Basic {encodeBase64('ODde97e93b86696927d2fsd23bd14dff:t644e0a996b28fa27c228e00a008d4e3ad3d')}</Header>
          </Headers>
      </Set>

encoded string ends up being: 'ODde97e93b86696927d2fsd23bd14dff

It's weird because it includes the single quote.

Also, yes, I know this solution isn't best practice but for my quick POC it's fine.

[dchiesa1 · Accepted solution]

ahh, yes those functions are a little particular about how they parse their arguments.

I think we could and should make that more robust.

But in the meantime, you can get what you want by using an interim variable.

Try this:

<AssignMessage name='AM-1'>
  <DisplayName>##</DisplayName>
  <AssignTo>request</AssignTo>
  <IgnoreUnresolvedVariables>false</IgnoreUnresolvedVariables>
  <AssignVariable>
    <Name>blob</Name>
    <Value>ODde97e93b86696927...:t644e0a9...</Value>
  </AssignVariable>
  <Set>
    <Headers>
      <Header name="Authorization">Basic {encodeBase64(blob)}</Header>
    </Headers>
  </Set>
</AssignMessage>

I am not sure if an AssignVariable works in a ServiceCallout policy. You'll have to try that out.

You could also do this:

<AssignMessage name='AM-1'>
  <DisplayName>##</DisplayName>
  <AssignTo>request</AssignTo>
  <IgnoreUnresolvedVariables>false</IgnoreUnresolvedVariables>
  <AssignVariable>
    <Name>username</Name>
    <Value>ODde97e93b86696927</Value>
  </AssignVariable>
  <AssignVariable>
    <Name>password</Name>
    <Value>abcdefgdjhdkdjslk927</Value>
  </AssignVariable>
  <AssignVariable>
    <Name>blob</Name>
    <Template>{username}:{password}</Template>
  </AssignVariable>
  <Set>
    <Headers>
      <Header name="Authorization">Basic {encodeBase64(blob)}</Header>
    </Headers>
  </Set>
</AssignMessage>

[robert]

Props to @Dino-at-Google for the creativity above. Perfect for my POC. 🙂

In real world I would have them coming from an encrypted KVM but like the succinct recommendation here.