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rigo
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Aug 18, 2009 9:10 AM

Authentication & Web Services

Hello,

 

I was wondering if it is possible for me to get the user authentication within a widget or plugin and parse that to a web service that we own. How would be the best way to accomplish this? Do you guys have any examples on that?

 

I thought of maybe using a cookie but is that the best approach?

 

Thanks,

 

rigo

Tags: authentication, services, web
Rick Palmer Jive Employee
Rick Palmer
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Aug 18, 2009 10:04 AM in response to: rigo
Re: Authentication & Web Services

Yes, you have full access to the current user from the WidgetContext variable that is passed in to your widget's render() method by the system.

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Aug 18, 2009 10:26 AM in response to: Rick Palmer
Re: Authentication & Web Services

Sounds good!! I will look into it.

 

Is there any specific documentation on the WidgetContext ?

 

Thanks,

 

rigo

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Aug 18, 2009 10:33 AM in response to: rigo
Re: Authentication & Web Services
If you have a copy of the source code, you can take a look at the class. You're looking for the getUser() method within the widget context, which returns a User object containing the current user viewing the page.
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Aug 18, 2009 10:39 AM in response to: rigo
Re: Authentication & Web Services
The best documentation we have on widgets would be the Building Widgets guide in the Developer community, and we also cover this in more detail in the SBS 3.0 Developer Training Course that we offer online and onsite.
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Aug 18, 2009 1:47 PM in response to: Rick Palmer
Re: Authentication & Web Services
Thanks for your reply.

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