Dynamics CRM Online + Node.js (request runns forever /hangs)

Question

I tried to develop a node.js module that allows the use of the SOAP web service of CRM Online: XrmNodeKit

The code based on the JavaScript code provided by Jason Lattimer

So far I was able the retrieve the auth-token but when I execute the WhoAmI requst the web-service call just runs forever (see test " should fetch the name of the current user ", no error is thrown....

You can find the source-code on github

Has anyone tried to consume the SOAP web-services via Node.js?

Answer 1

Have you found this post? http://www.alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2015/01/24/authenticating-from-a-node-js-client-to-dynamics-crm-via-ad-fs-and-oauth2/ I understand this is the correct approach. You need to use OAuth.

But it is not correct in one regard (I'm quoting an expert from the CRM product team) He says " You cannot move the node.js code to client, since in this case you need to use the Implicit flow rather than the Authorization code flow , Finally after getting the OAuth token, you still cannot send it to our Web services from the client since [CRM Online] does not support CORS in 2013/2015 "

While this is a .NET sample it covers the principles, just have to make it work with Node.js: https://bitbucket.org/Georged/caseowary/overview (credits to George Doubinski)