Cloudant AuthCookie may not be null

Question

I am currently trying to add entries into Cloudant using this link:
https://github.com/cloudant/java-cloudant#installation-and-usage

Below is my code

package sample;

import java.util.List;

import com.cloudant.client.api.CloudantClient;

public class Cloudant {
    public static void main (String[] args){

    String password = System.getProperty("gffgasdas");
    CloudantClient client = new CloudantClient("wiz.cloudant.com",password);



    System.out.println("Connected to Cloudant");
    System.out.println("Server Version: " + client.serverVersion());

    List<String> databases = client.getAllDbs();
    System.out.println("All my databases : ");
    for ( String db : databases ) {
        System.out.println(db);
        }
    }
}

I am getting this error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: AuthCookie may not be null.
    at org.lightcouch.internal.CouchDbUtil.assertNotEmpty(Unknown Source)
    at com.cloudant.client.api.CloudantClient.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at sample.Cloudant.main(Cloudant.java:11)

I have all the necessary important imports. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

Answer 1

I'm not sure you're using the right constructor. It looks like you need to use the three-argument constructor CloudantClient(cloudantAccountName, username, password) .

Your line:

CloudantClient client = new CloudantClient("wiz.cloudant.com",password);

Needs to be:

CloudantClient client = new CloudantClient("wiz", "wiz", password);

The two-argument version assumes you are passing a cookie rather than a password.