topic Using alf_method to simulate POST in Alfresco Archive

Using alf_method to simulate POST

sigpaolo — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:19:41 GMT

I developed an application using webscripts in Alfresco 3.4. To reduce the number of webscripts often i declared webscripts supporting POST but i called them also with a GET using the parameter alf_method.http://....../wcsevice/...?alf_method=POST&param1=….Also indicated in this posthttps://foru

Re: Using alf_method to simulate POST

afaust — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:50:12 GMT

Hello,

the GET-support was previously only included for testing purposes and seems to have been removed deliberately (explicit wiki change by KevinR).
I do not quite understand your need to use the tunneling approach - is it for convenience or to circumvent something strange in your environment? Both due to potential URL length limitations of software components and sideeffects due to GET request caching, I'd advise against using GET for HTTP tunneling in a production application. It is also not really needed for testing purposes, as there are various testing tools far better suited than your browser address bar.

Regards
Axel

Re: Using alf_method to simulate POST

bkalbfus — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:38:12 GMT

The purpose of alf_method and x-http-method-override header is to overcome client limitations. I found this post when I was looking for a work-around for Crystal Report's limitation to HTTP GET when consuming xml via http without SOAP. I'm looking to run a CMIS query this way. I hope they put this back; Crystal Reports is still widely used.