reading post data

Guys,

Can Orbeon read in POST data from any source (say a form from another
server) and have it as a usable variable?  If so,  how is this done?

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Colin

Have a look at the request generator -
http://www.orbeon.com/ops/doc/processors-generators-request

You should be able to pick up anything you need from the POST using
that.

Steve

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Guys,

Can Orbeon read in POST data from any source (say a form from another
server) and have it as a usable variable?  If so,  how is this done?

--
Colin Seaman
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Tradocs Ltd,
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Colin,

 > Can Orbeon read in POST data from any source (say a form from
 > another server) and have it as a usable variable?  If so, how is
 > this done?

Yes and no.

If you post an XML document using an XML content type, then that will
be automatically parsed and made available on the "instance" input of
page flow actions, models, and views. This is a handy shortcut that
helps a lot, in particular with XForms submissions.

In all the other cases, as pointed out, the oxf:request processor
allows you to access pretty much anything from a request.

If you post something in the multipart/form-data format, for example,
currently you have to use oxf:request, or your own processor, to
extract the data in a meaninful way.

-Erik

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excellent!  Thanks Erik/Stephen

Colin Seaman
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Erik Bruchez wrote:

Colin,

> Can Orbeon read in POST data from any source (say a form from
> another server) and have it as a usable variable?  If so, how is
> this done?

Yes and no.

If you post an XML document using an XML content type, then that will
be automatically parsed and made available on the "instance" input of
page flow actions, models, and views. This is a handy shortcut that
helps a lot, in particular with XForms submissions.

In all the other cases, as pointed out, the oxf:request processor
allows you to access pretty much anything from a request.

If you post something in the multipart/form-data format, for example,
currently you have to use oxf:request, or your own processor, to
extract the data in a meaninful way.

-Erik

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