[arin-tech-discuss] Error about the deleting poc

[Jon Worley]

Hello Sean,

It appears to me you're attempting to remove the only abuse contact from
the Org ID.  Each Org ID must have at least one admin, tech, and abuse
contact (that's a business rule).  You'd have to add another handle as the
abuse POC before you could remove ZHAOS-ARIN as the abuse POC.

I also note that according to the documentation I'm looking at, the syntax
uses "pocFunction=", not "type=":

/rest/org/ORGHANDLE/poc/POCHANDLE;pocFunction=POCFUNCTION?apikey=APIKEY


It would appear the correct URL would be:

/rest/org/AEI-18/poc/ZHAOS-ARIN;pocFunction=ABUSE?apikey=APIKEY


I'm just diving back into debugging REST calls after some months off,
though, so I need to look into it more thoroughly to make sure.  Perhaps
type= works as well, even though the documentation specifies pocFunction=.
 I'll have to look into it to make sure.

I suspect if you first add another abuse contact, then remove ZHAOS-ARIN
as the abuse contact (and perhaps adjust to use pocFunction= in the URL
rather than type=), it will work.  The error message *sounds* like it's
saying you aren't authorized to do what you're requesting, but I think it
may actually be indicative that you simply aren't allowed to do what
you're asking because it breaks a business rule.

I'd try first adding a new handle as abuse, then removing, and see if that
works for you.  I will try to further debug the error tomorrow to verify
whether or not that's causing the error you're seeing.

If you have any further questions, comments, or concerns please respond to
this message or contact me directly.

Regards,

Jon Worley
Senior Resource Analyst
ARIN Registration Services
https://www.arin.net/
hostmaster at arin.net
703.227.0660


From:  <Zhao>, Sean <Sean.Zhao at CenturyLink.com>
Date:  Monday, June 3, 2013 4:06 PM
To:  "Zhao, Sean" <Sean.Zhao at CenturyLink.com>, Andy Newton
<andy at arin.net>, "'arin-tech-discuss at arin.net'"
<arin-tech-discuss at arin.net>
Cc:  "Grimes, Ronald" <Ron.Grimes at CenturyLink.com>, "Kulp,	Robert"
<Robert.Kulp at CenturyLink.com>, "Mazzella,	John"
<John.Mazzella at CenturyLink.com>
Subject:  Re: [arin-tech-discuss] Error about the deleting poc


Hi, Andy,
Looks like I still have the problem here.

1.      
 I have linked poc ZHAOS-ARIN under my SeanZhao account.

Qwest IP Admin
ZHAOS-ARIN <https://www.arin.net/public/secure/poc/view/ZHAOS-ARIN>
 Validate Me!
ZHAO SEAN
 
2.      
I am trying to unlink my poc, ZHAOS-ARIN, to an org handle, AEI-18. I am
calling

https://www.arin.net/rest/org/AEI-18/poc/ZHAOS-ARIN;type=ABUSE?apikey=my
<https://www.arin.net/rest/org/AEI-18/poc/ZHAOS-ARIN;type=ABUSE?apikey=my>S
eanZhao-API-KEY.  I failed.

I keep getting

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><error
xmlns="http://www.arin.net/regrws/core/v1"><additionalInfo/><code>E_AUTHENT
ICATION</code><components/><message>The
 API key specified was missing or invalid.</message></error>
 
Please note, AEI-18 was created by my Qwest api-key.
 
Is that the reason I got failed because they don¹t share the same api-key?
If it is, which api-key I am supposed to use? Actually, I got failed by
both api-keys
 
Thanks,
 
Sean Zhao
Sean.Zhao at CenturyLink.com

 
From: Zhao, Sean

Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 4:37 PM
To: Zhao, Sean; 'Andy Newton'; 'arin-tech-discuss at arin.net'
Cc: Grimes, Ronald; Kulp, Robert
Subject: RE: [arin-tech-discuss] Error about the deleting poc


 
Is the url like 
https://reg.arin.net/rest/poc/AEI-18?apikey=SeanZhaoApiKey
<https://reg.arin.net/rest/poc/AEI-18?apikey=SeanZhaoApiKey> ? and payload
is null?
 
Thanks,
 
Sean Zhao
Sean.Zhao at CenturyLink.com

 
From: Zhao, Sean

Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 4:25 PM
To: 'Andy Newton'; 'arin-tech-discuss at arin.net'
Cc: Grimes, Ronald; Kulp, Robert
Subject: RE: [arin-tech-discuss] Error about the deleting poc


 
Andy, 
                I have learned new thing. Great! I had my Arin Online
Account, which is SeanZhao. And I linked ZHAOS-ARIN with my ŒSeanZhao¹
account manually. Now I have a following question. Can I make this
 link action by program? What I am asking is, do you have RESTful server
that I can link my account to my POC, just like link an OrgHandle to a
PocHandle?  I am asking url and payload for link a poc to my Arin Online
Account?
                The reason I am asking is my clients call my webservice.
And my webservices call your RESTful to create a PocHandle. All these
processes run by computer. Also I have to give my clients an ability
 to delete the POC they created. So I have to link the poc they created to
an Arin Online Account by computer too, so they can delete anytime they
want to
 
 
Thanks,
 
Sean Zhao
Sean.Zhao at CenturyLink.com

 
From: Andy Newton [mailto:andy at arin.net]

Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 3:25 PM
To: Zhao, Sean; 'arin-tech-discuss at arin.net'
Cc: Grimes, Ronald; Kulp, Robert
Subject: Re: [arin-tech-discuss] Error about the deleting poc


 
Sean,

 

An ARIN Online account is different than an Organization record. ARIN
Online accounts are setup through the web site only (www.arin.net
<http://www.arin.net>), and API Keys are associated
 to ARIN Online accounts. Additionally, ARIN Online accounts are not
published in Whois.

 

The following link describes the process of creating an account and
linking it to a POC:

https://www.arin.net/resources/restful-interfaces.html#before

 

Andy Newton,

Chief Engineer, ARIN

 

From: <Zhao>, Sean <Sean.Zhao at CenturyLink.com>
Date: Friday, May 31, 2013 1:10 PM
To: Andrew Newton <andy at arin.net>, "arin-tech-discuss at arin.net"
<arin-tech-discuss at arin.net>
Cc: "Grimes, Ronald" <Ron.Grimes at CenturyLink.com>, "Kulp, Robert"
<Robert.Kulp at CenturyLink.com>
Subject: RE: [arin-tech-discuss] Error about the deleting poc

 

>Hi, Andy,
>Thanks for the quick response!
>
>I thought it was link to AEI-18
>(http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/AEI-18/pocs). Maybe I am misunderstanding
>your ³ARIN Online account².
>
> 
>Thanks,
> 
>Sean Zhao
>Sean.Zhao at CenturyLink.com
>
> 
>From: Andy Newton [mailto:andy at arin.net]
>
>Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 12:54 PM
>To: Zhao, Sean; 'arin-tech-discuss at arin.net'
>Cc: Grimes, Ronald; Kulp, Robert
>Subject: Re: [arin-tech-discuss] Error about the deleting poc
>
>
> 
>Sean,
>
> 
>
>ZHAOS-ARIN is not linked to any ARIN Online account, and therefore there
>are no API Keys with authority to delete it. If you link that POC to your
>ARIN Online account, you'll be able to delete
> the POC with an API Key on that account.
>
> 
>
>I hope this helps.
>
> 
>
>Andy Newton,
>
>Chief Engineer, ARIN
>
> 
>
>From: <Zhao>, Sean <Sean.Zhao at CenturyLink.com>
>Date: Friday, May 31, 2013 10:42 AM
>To: "arin-tech-discuss at arin.net" <arin-tech-discuss at arin.net>
>Cc: "Grimes, Ronald" <Ron.Grimes at CenturyLink.com>, "Kulp, Robert"
><Robert.Kulp at CenturyLink.com>
>Subject: [arin-tech-discuss] Error about the deleting poc
>
> 
>
>>Hi, 
>>                I am trying to delete a poc that I created in 2011 with
>>the url
>>https://www.arin.net/rest/poc/ZHAOS-ARIN?apikey=MY-API-KEY. But I got an
>>error says
>> 
>><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
>><error xmlns="http://www.arin.net/regrws/core/v1"
>><http://www.arin.net/regrws/core/v1%22>>
>><additionalInfo/>
>><code>E_AUTHENTICATION</code>
>><components/>
>><message>The API key is not authorized to make that request.</message>
>></error>
>> 
>>Does that mean I cannot delete the poc even it is created by myself with
>>same apikey? Or I have to unlink all the org associated with this poc
>>before I delete this poc?
>> 
>>Thanks,
>> 
>>Sean Zhao
>>Sean.Zhao at CenturyLink.com
>> 
>>
>>
> 
>
> 
>
>
>