Connecting to MobileFirst Server

By default, an application starts in offline mode. You can make it start in online mode or connect to MobileFirst Server later.

About this task

You can connect your application to MobileFirst Server either when it starts or at some time during its processing. You are responsible for maintaining the offline or online state within your application, and ensuring that your application can recover from failed attempts to connect to the server. For example, before the application logs in a new user or accesses the server under a new user, the application must ensure that the server received a successful logout.

Procedure

To make your application begin communicating with MobileFirst Server as soon as it starts, use the WL.Client.connect method in common/js/main.js inside the WlCommonInit method.
To make your application communicate with the server at a later stage, call the WL.Client.connect method, as defined in the WL.Client class.
Call this method only once, before any other WL.Client methods that communicate with the server. Remember to implement the onSuccess and onFailure callback functions.
For example:
```
WL.Client.connect({
  onSuccess: onConnectSuccess,
  onFailure: onConnectFailure
}); 
```
Note: UserPrefs are updated only after the call to the WL.Client.connect method.