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

I never toyed around with jQuery to access Appian from local browser. But as I said, your browser will store the cookie sent from Appian and reuse it for subsequent calls. I think this pretty matches what you see there.
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0 Stefan Helzle
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over 8 years ago

I never toyed around with jQuery to access Appian from local browser. But as I said, your browser will store the cookie sent from Appian and reuse it for subsequent calls. I think this pretty matches what you see there.
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