Great, thank you Benoit. Are there examples of entire applications, where I can see how the username is fetched after logging in and opening a new html-page?
Alex 2011/10/23 Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> > there are ex of code on github: > > https://github.com/couchapp/couchdb-login-jquery > https://github.com/couchapp/example > > enoit > On Sunday, October 23, 2011, Alexander Gabriel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all > > > > This is surely a very basic beginners problem - I am biologist and only > > starting to learn programming. It may well be a java script issue and > have > > nothing to do with couchdb. > > > > In my couchapp ( > > > http://barbalex.iriscouch.com/evab-ch_barbalex_evab/_design/evab/index.html > > , https://github.com/barbalex/EvabMobile) every page needs to know the > user > > name as that is saved in every file. After logging in I get the user name > > like this in every page: > > > > *User = ""; //use global variable to save user name in* > > *$.couch.session({* > > * success : function(r) {* > > * userCtx = r.userCtx;* > > * if (userCtx.name) {* > > * //save user name in variable* > > * User = userCtx.name;* > > * } else {* > > * //user is not logged in, present the login page* > > * window.open(Pfad + "index.html", target="_self");* > > * }* > > * }* > > *});* > > > > There probably are several problems here (for example using a global > > variable, not using a dedicated function to fetch the username) which is > > probably why this is bugging me - the variable "User" doesn't seem to > return > > the username correctly - sometimes it does, others it doesn't (even > though > > "GET http://barbalex.iriscouch.com/_session"; returns " > > > > {"ok":true,"userCtx":{"name":"z","roles":[]},"info":{"authentication_db":"_users","authentication_handlers" > > :["oauth","cookie","default"],"authenticated":"cookie"}}"). I have spent > a > > while now on this problem and come to the point where I need a pointer. > > > > I don't expect you experts to teach me java script of course. It would be > > great if you could point me to some couchapps I could look into to learn > how > > this (and other stuff) is done correctly. > > > > I looked into AndroidGrocerySync for Android. But it seems to be a native > > app programmed in java. > > > > Your help is much appreciated! > > > > Alex > > >
