Primavera P6 Rest API Is Failing to Generate an OAuth Token With Error "failed to generate OAuth Token java.lang.NullPointerException" (Doc ID 3059680.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

When attempting to use OAuth with P6 REST API On Premise, the following error occurs.

ERROR
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com.primavera.ws.servlets.OAuthTokenServlet failed to generate OAuth Token

java.lang.NullPointerException
  at com.primavera.infr.idcs.IDCSServiceImpl.requestOAuthToken(IDCSServiceImpl.java:1007)
  at com.primavera.bre.SubSystemFacadeImpl.requestOAuthToken(SubSystemFacadeImpl.java:1572)
  at com.primavera.ws.servlets.OAuthTokenServlet.doPost(OAuthTokenServlet.java:57)
  at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:665)
  at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:750)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:295)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:260)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.invokeServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:137)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.execute(ServletStubImpl.java:353)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:25)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:82)
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STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Create a request to obtain the Bearer Token using the URL /p6ws/oauth/token

Cause

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