As easy as one, two, three!

NetLicensing makes setup and integration fast, safe and very simple.
So you can get up and running in a few hours.

1Create NetLicensing account

Sign-up for a free NetLicensing account and or use our demo account
Add your username, password, email and company name
Agree to the NetLicensing Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Enable 'Newsletter' checkbox if want to be notified about NetLicensing announcements, news and promo actions

2Configure product

Navigate to 'Settings -> Demo Data'
Select 'Licensing Model'
(Optional) provide custom identifier
Click on 'Create'

Demo NetLicensing entities (Product, Product Module, License Templates, Licensee) will be created

3Validate licensee

Navigate to 'Operate -> Licensee'
Identify newly created licensee and note Licensee Number
Send first validation request (replace %LICENSEE_NUMBER%)
In case you are using your vendor account please provide username:password in the --user attribute
Alternatively you can use NetLicensing API test application, which provides easy access to all NetLicensing functions

Sample request:

$ curl --header "Accept: application/xml" --insecure --user demo:demo --request GET https://go.netlicensing.io/core/v2/rest/licensee/%LICENSEE_NUMBER%/validate

Sample response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<netlicensing xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns="http://netlicensing.labs64.com/schema/context" ttl="2015-08-09T06:41:15.854Z">
    <infos/>
    <items>
        <item type="ProductModuleValidation">
            <property name="productModuleNumber">MNLIC-DEMO</property>
            <property name="valid">true</property>
            <property name="licensingModel">TryAndBuy</property>
            <property name="productModuleName">Module licensed under Try &amp; Buy LM</property>
            <property name="evaluationExpires">2015-09-07T06:38:16.809Z</property>
            <property name="evaluation">true</property>
        </item>
    </items>
</netlicensing>

4Integrate NetLicensing API

NetLicensing API allows you automate managing of all licensing entities (from product to transaction)
Please refer to the NetLicensing Object Model in order to better understand licensing entities relationship
Page For Integrators will give you overview over all existing NetLicensing resources (Test App, RESTful API, JavaDoc, Client Libraries etc.)

5Acquire licenses via NetLicensing Shop

Create shop token for the given licensee (replace %LICENSEE_NUMBER%)
Create token request:

$ curl --header "Accept: application/xml" --header "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" --insecure --user demo:demo --request POST https://go.netlicensing.io/core/v2/rest/token --data "tokenType=SHOP&licenseeNumber=%LICENSEE_NUMBER%"

Create token response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<netlicensing xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns="http://netlicensing.labs64.com/schema/context">
    <infos/>
    <items>
        <item type="Token">
            <property name="number">00d08804-2d09-44c2-a853-7feffbfd2a17</property>
            <property name="active">true</property>
            <property name="expirationTime">2015-08-16T09:12:05.065Z</property>
            <property name="tokenType">SHOP</property>
            <property name="shopURL">
                https://go.netlicensing.io/shop/v2/?shoptoken=00d08804-2d09-44c2-a853-7feffbfd2a17
            </property>
            <property name="licenseeNumber">INLIC-DEMO</property>
            <property name="vendorNumber">VDEMO</property>
        </item>
    </items>
</netlicensing>

Create token service returns also the complete shopURL for convenience
Provide a link to NetLicensing Shop (shopURL) in the UI of your product or forward the user to NetLicensing Shop URL by other means

The URL of NetLicensing Shop has the following format:

https://go.netlicensing.io/shop/v2/?shoptoken=%TOKEN_NUMBER%

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