posting to one web site from another

Phil Davis revdev at pdslabs.net
Thu Apr 10 21:37:18 EDT 2014


Here is how I solved this problem:

  * created an HTML 'template' file containing a form with merge points
    and JS that submits the form before page load
  * merged values into the page
  * put the page

'putting' the merged page submits the form to the target web site takes 
the user there in their browser, and that's what I wanted.


Here is the html 'template' page (with names changed to protect the 
innocent):

-------- start of page --------
<HTML>

<HEAD LANG="en">
     <TITLE>cTRAIN Web</TITLE>
     <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
     <meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">
     <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
     <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow">
</HEAD>

<style type="text/css">
     @media screen {
         body {
             background-color: #000;
             min-width: 960px;
         }
</style>

<BODY>
     <form id='postback' action='[[gMyArray["URL"] ]]' method='POST'>
         <input id='My_ID' type="hidden" name="ID" 
value='[[gMyArray["ID"] ]]' />
         <input id='My_project_id' type="hidden" name="project_ID" 
value='[[gMyArray["project_ID"] ]]' />
         <input id='My_params' type="hidden" name="params" 
value='[[gMyArray["params"] ]]' />
     </form>
     <script 
type="text/javascript">document.getElementById('postback').submit();</script>
</BODY>

</HTML>
--------- end of page --------

There you have it -
Phil Davis


On 4/9/14, 5:51 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Here's my problem:
> My LC server code needs to post some items to certain page of another 
> web site and actually go to that page in the process. I find that I 
> can post to that page just fine, but then the urlResponse contains the 
> rendered page (as you would expect). If I 'put' it, the page is 
> displayed correctly in the browser but under the URL of my site. Not 
> what I wanted! I want my data to be posted to the offsite page, and in 
> response I want that page to show up in the user's browser under that 
> page's correct URL.
>
> I assume there's something I need to do with HTTP headers, but I don't 
> quite know what. Or maybe not. However, I bet someone within the reach 
> of this email often solves this kind of problem before breakfast, the 
> way some people do puzzles or read the paper (do people still do that?).
>
> Any direction you can offer will be received with much gratitude.
>

-- 
Phil Davis




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