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 Bhaskar Patel (BhaskarP5311)
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Posted: September 11, 2020
Last activity: September 14, 2020
Posted: 11 Sep 2020 2:55 EDT
Last activity: 14 Sep 2020 20:56 EDT

How to pass POST parameters on launch of a URL

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We have a requirement to pass POST parameters in to a URL. Client application wants the parameters to be passed in the body and not as part of the URL. 

Pega Platform 8.2.5 Enterprise Application Development Dev/Designer Studio Healthcare and Life Sciences Senior System Architect
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Posted: 8 months ago
Posted: 14 Sep 2020 20:56 EDT
Braam Smith (BraamCLSA)
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Pegasystems Inc.
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Launch of a URL in a browser window can only be a GET.

Some SSO protocols do a 'trick' for this by having a GET load a HTML form that looks something like this:

<form ... method="POST">
  <input type="hidden" ... >
  <input type="hidden" ... >
</form>

... and also includes some Javascript to auto-submit the form. It's a bit flickery as it is 2x server trips, and is dependent on the browser having Javascript turned on.

Perhaps you could do something similar? See SAML 1.1 - Browser/POST Profile on Wikipedia for more information on this technique and how it is used in SAML.

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