New lua API ntop.createUserSession. New REST API rest/v1/get/ntopng/session.lua to generate session cookies.

scripts/lua/rest/v1/get/ntopng/session.lua

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+--
+-- (C) 2013-20 - ntop.org
+--
+
+local dirs = ntop.getDirs()
+package.path = dirs.installdir .. "/scripts/lua/modules/?.lua;" .. package.path
+package.path = dirs.installdir .. "/scripts/lua/modules/pools/?.lua;" .. package.path
+
+require "lua_utils"
+local json = require ("dkjson")
+local rest_utils = require("rest_utils")
+
+--
+-- Get a new ntopng user session (Cookie)
+-- Example: curl -u admin:admin -d '{"username": "mario"}' http://localhost:3000/lua/rest/v1/get/ntopng/session.lua
+--
+-- NOTE: in case of invalid login, no error is returned but redirected to login
+--
+
+sendHTTPHeader('application/json')
+
+local rc = rest_utils.consts_ok
+local res = {}
+
+local username = _POST["username"]
+
+if username == nil then
+   print(rest_utils.rc(rest_utils.consts_invalid_args))
+   return
+end
+
+username = string.lower(username)
+
+res.session = ntop.createUserSession(username)
+
+if isEmptyString(res.session) then
+   print(rest_utils.rc(rest_utils.consts_invalid_args))
+   return
+end
+
+print(rest_utils.rc(rc, res))
+