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function makeRequest($str){
	return base64_encode(json_encode($str));
}

function doPost($str, $url = null){
	$baseurl = "http://localhost/?format=json";
	var_dump($baseurl.'&api='.$str);
	return json_decode(file_get_contents($baseurl.'&api='.$str.$url));
}

$request = doPost(makeRequest(array('function' => array('authenticate', 'testuser', 'testpass'))));

// Store the token in the session
$_SESSION['token'] = $request;
var_dump($request);

$request = doPost(makeRequest(array('function' => array('getUser'), 'token' => $_SESSION['token'])));
var_dump($request);

$request = doPost(makeRequest(array('token' => $_SESSION['token'])),'&option=com_whatever&view=foo');
var_dump($request);