I was thinking you would want Web2py to package the remote server's response into something the browser could render.
On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 10:08:08 AM UTC-4, Anthony wrote: > > > if session.username and session.password: >> # caveat: I have never done this, but there must by Python libraries >> for it >> send a GET to the remote server with session.username and >> session.password in the header as user credentials >> wait for the remote server's response >> Web2py processes the response into a view and use it to respond the >> the originator >> > > That last part above doesn't necessarily have to be proxied through the > Receiver app -- instead, it can just be a direct Ajax request (using CORS > or JSONP given that it is a cross-domain request): > > var gBaseUrl="http://127.0.0.1:8000/Provider/sites/"; > $(document).ready(function(){ > $.ajax({ > type: "GET", > async: true, > url: gBaseUrl+"get_username", > dataType: "text", > username: "{{=session.username}}", > password: "{{=session.password}}", > success: function(data){ > $('#ContentView').append('<p> succeeded '+data+'</p>'); > } > failure: function(data){ > $('#ContentView').append('<p> failed '+data+'</p>'); > } > }); > }); > > Anthony > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

