Using POST request method between servers?

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VagabondSW - 16 May 2008 13:21 GMT

I am working on a project where my client-side Windows application sends a querystring to a URL on a server hosted in
New York. The landing page on that server simply redirects the client to another URL on a server in San Francisco that
contains the web application.

Right now, the querystring is visible to the end-user. It's not a big deal because I am not using it to send any
secrets, but it has been suggested to me to use POST instead of GET to pass this information.

I was under the impression that the POST request method only worked on the same server. Is it possible to use the POST
method instead of the querystring in the scenario described above?

Thanks,

Carl

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Aidy - 16 May 2008 14:10 GMT

No, you can POST across servers, but you can't POST using Response.Redirect.

>I am working on a project where my client-side Windows application sends a
>querystring to a URL on a server hosted in New York. The landing page on
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> Carl

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George Ter-Saakov - 16 May 2008 18:34 GMT

It's possible with Javascript
do somehting like that in your HTML page
<HTML>
<BODY>
<form name="MYFORM" id="MYFORM" method="POST"
action="http://www.anotherserver.com">
<input type="hidden" name="user" value="George">
</form>
<script>
document.MYFORM.submit();
</script>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Obviously will not work with Javascript disabled.

George.

>I am working on a project where my client-side Windows application sends a
>querystring to a URL on a server hosted in New York. The landing page on
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> Carl

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