WEB API

venkateshs329 over 8 years ago

# Integrations WEB API
I am caling WEB API from Jquery using credentials[Basic User],When i open .html file in IE browser it's return some json data,
In the same browser i have already logined with my credentials[System Administrator] in tempo page , if i reload tempo page it automatically goes to the basic user profile
in tempo but username shows my name only,but in backgroud is showing all information of Basic User, Is there any security issues or any other problem ?

Sample Jquery code snnipet:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="ajax.googleapis.com/.../script>
<script>
var data;
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#btn1").click(function(){
$.ajax({
                    url:"url",
                    type:'GET',
                    dataType:"json",
           headers: {
"Authorization": "Basic " + btoa("username" + ":" + "password")
},
success: function(result){...

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0 Stefan Helzle
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over 8 years ago

This is default browser behaviour. When you login to Appian, a cookie is stored in the browser which sends it back to Appian for each request. Your javascript is running inside the browser. I can not see any problem there.
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0 Stefan Helzle
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over 8 years ago

This is default browser behaviour. When you login to Appian, a cookie is stored in the browser which sends it back to Appian for each request. Your javascript is running inside the browser. I can not see any problem there.
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