Open-Xchange servlet for external login masks
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Open-Xchange servlet for external login masks
Note: This document describes the new mechanism as introduced with 6.20. The is the old version.
Who should read this document
This document is written for web developers who would like to create a custom login mask for the Open-Xchange server. The login mask can reside on an external server i. e., not directly located in the domain of the Open-Xchange machines. It is also intended for administrators who install and maintain Open-Xchange services.
Description
The Open-Xchange HTTP API has a function to create a session from external.
Example form
A recent version of this sample can be found in the open-xchange package within the directory in /usr/share/doc.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">
<title>Login</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function uuid() {
function hex(len, x) {
if (x === undefined) x = Math.random();
var s = new Array(len);
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
x *= 16;
var digit = x & 15;
s[i] = digit + (digit < 10 ? 48 : 87); // '0' and 'a' - 10
}
return String.fromCharCode.apply(String, s);
}
return [hex(8), "-", hex(4), "-4", hex(3), "-", hex(4, 0.5 + Math.random() / 4), "-", hex(12)].join("");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="/ajax/login?action=formlogin&authId=" method="post" onSubmit="this.action += uuid();">
<p>
<label for="login">Username: </label>
<input type="text" name="login" id="login"><br>
<label for="password">Password: </label>
<input type="password" name="password" id="password"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Login">
<input type="hidden" name="client" value="com.openexchange.ox.gui.dhtml">
<input type="hidden" name="version" value="Form Login">
<input type="hidden" name="autologin" value="true">
<input type="hidden" name="uiWebPath" value="/ox6/index.html">
</p>
</form>
</body>
</html>