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[users@httpd] HTTP POST to a directory
I have an intranet website that provides web services. Currently,
clients access this service by POSTing their XML SOAP request envelope
to a particular php script as follows (urls have been sanitized to
protect the guilty):
http://somesite:port/SERVICES/service.php
I receive the xml, process it, and return the result back to them, all
fine and dandy.
However, I would rather not have them specify a particular script file,
I simply want them to POST to:
http://somesite:port/SERVICES
Then, I want to be able to configure apache so that when it sees a POST
to this directory URL, it will run the script I specify and pass it the
POST data.
Currently, if I attempt this, the client receives a 301 Moved
Permanently, and the redirected URL is the same as the one they posted
to (i.e., the directory URL above).
How do I configure apache to do this?
Thanks,
Tony
Re: [users@httpd] HTTP POST to a directory
Posted by Yehuda Katz <ye...@ymkatz.net>.
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Eric Covener <co...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:04 PM, <An...@gdc4s.com> wrote:
> > However, I would rather not have them specify a particular script file, I
> > simply want them to POST to:
> >
> > http://somesite:port/SERVICES
>
If you suppress that, you can just set an Alias from /dir to
> /dir/whatever.xxx
>
You could set DirectoryIndex services.php
- Y
RE: [users@httpd] HTTP POST to a directory
Posted by An...@gdc4s.com.
If I suppress the trailing slash, then apache does a redirect, and redirects are handled before aliases, so the client gets a 301, and the particular client software I am dealing with won't follow redirects, he simply errs out.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Covener [mailto:covener@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 4:26 PM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] HTTP POST to a directory
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:04 PM, <An...@gdc4s.com> wrote:
> I have an intranet website that provides web services. Currently, clients
> access this service by POSTing their XML SOAP request envelope to a
> particular php script as follows (urls have been sanitized to protect the
> guilty):
>
> http://somesite:port/SERVICES/service.php
>
> I receive the xml, process it, and return the result back to them, all fine
> and dandy.
>
> However, I would rather not have them specify a particular script file, I
> simply want them to POST to:
>
> http://somesite:port/SERVICES
>
> Then, I want to be able to configure apache so that when it sees a POST to
> this directory URL, it will run the script I specify and pass it the POST
> data.
>
> Currently, if I attempt this, the client receives a 301 Moved Permanently,
> and the redirected URL is the same as the one they posted to (i.e., the
> directory URL above).
>
Could be DirectorySlash in mod_dir.
If you suppress that, you can just set an Alias from /dir to /dir/whatever.xxx
--
Eric Covener
covener@gmail.com
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Re: [users@httpd] HTTP POST to a directory
Posted by Eric Covener <co...@gmail.com>.
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:04 PM, <An...@gdc4s.com> wrote:
> I have an intranet website that provides web services. Currently, clients
> access this service by POSTing their XML SOAP request envelope to a
> particular php script as follows (urls have been sanitized to protect the
> guilty):
>
> http://somesite:port/SERVICES/service.php
>
> I receive the xml, process it, and return the result back to them, all fine
> and dandy.
>
> However, I would rather not have them specify a particular script file, I
> simply want them to POST to:
>
> http://somesite:port/SERVICES
>
> Then, I want to be able to configure apache so that when it sees a POST to
> this directory URL, it will run the script I specify and pass it the POST
> data.
>
> Currently, if I attempt this, the client receives a 301 Moved Permanently,
> and the redirected URL is the same as the one they posted to (i.e., the
> directory URL above).
>
Could be DirectorySlash in mod_dir.
If you suppress that, you can just set an Alias from /dir to /dir/whatever.xxx
--
Eric Covener
covener@gmail.com
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