Post to form "in the background" (login issue)

[sid derra]

Hi

I have been working on a project, where I embed a wiki system (xWiki) into
an existing portal/platform for students. So far it all is running alright,
I can add/edit wiki pages from within the portal, add/remove users and
privileges, list pages, etc. There is one last thing that I have not been
able to accomplish though:
When a user is logged in to the platform and he or she click the link to a
certain wiki link, within their account, they should automatically get
logged into the xWiki system as well. What I would like to try now is
posting the username/password parameters to the login form "in the
background".

- User clicks link
- The system posts the credentials to the login form, where the wiki takes
care of the login
- The user sees the xWiki page (or not, if he or she has no rights - but
that's already taken care of)

I assume there is something similar like the cUrl lib in PHP, but since i
really do not use Java all that much, I just lack the experience. Hopefully
one of you guys can help me out there.

Thanks
sid

 

[jmcgill]

I assume there is something similar like the cUrl lib in PHP, but since i
really do not use Java all that much, I just lack the experience. Hopefully
one of you guys can help me out there.

I don't understand how your plan differs from a type of HTTP or HTTPS proxy.

 

[sid derra]

I don't understand how your plan differs from a type of HTTP or HTTPS
proxy.

It doesn't really - I just would need some advice in where to start looking
for something like examples in Java.

Thanks!