[REBOL] Re: better post, get, cookie support?
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 27-Aug-2002 6:44
Hi, Andrew and Petr,
Andrew Martin wrote:
> pekr wrote:
> > ...could something be done about better POST, GET, cookie
> > support in Rebol?
>
I'd like to second (third?) that sentiment. REBOL made such
great strides in unifying 'Net protocols by allowing READ to
operate transparently across the local file system, HTTP, FTP,
etc. on the client side, but then fell apart on the server
side with all of the unnecessary complexity in handling GET
vs. POST, the query string, etc.
I really thing someone should have looked at the implementation
of the CGI module in Perl, which can be invoked to hand back an
object that simply provides all of the parameters and headers
in a simple interface without having to worry about whether the
request was a GET or a POST, without any complexity over
getting all of the POST content, etc...
...
> As well, I want to make a round trip through the browser,
> ... That would involve form creation,
> then at least one CGI GET or POST as appropriate.
>
The other thing that is severly missing is any ability to get
to the environment (and I really hope somebody can show me that
I've missed something here!)
For example, there is a widely-used security product that handles
userlogin/authentication as a plug-in to the web server. It
offers very sophisticated, fine-grained management of resources,
including distributed management of user identity and priveleges,
workflow management for authentication/authorization, and single-
sign-on capability that can span multiple servers and apps.
Once a user has logged in to a protected app, this product can
allow entry to any other protected app (to which that user has
access, of course) without the need for another login cycle. It
can be configured to pass any directory-based information about
the user to the application that the user is accessing (e.g. for
customization to the individual user). It passes this user
information by setting environment variables (configurable by the
developer) to contain whatever user-specific data is desired/needed.
However, this assumes that the app (CGI) can read the environment!!!
Passing configuration and data via the environment is such a
frequently-used technique that I'm amazed that REBOL can't deal
with it, yet I've been unable to find any way to do so. Can
anybody help my ignorance, or is this a real omission?
-jn-
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