[Omaha.pm] Re: LWP form posts
Jay Hannah
jay at jays.net
Thu Sep 16 01:54:41 CDT 2004
On Sep 10, 2004, at 10:14 AM, Michael D. Maynard wrote:
> Step 3 is where the process breaks down. PayPal throws back some
> HTML. Step 3 needs to be C -> D rather than C -> A. I could add Step
> 3.5) Parse HTML converting relative URL's to absolute URL's. This
> presents two problems. 1) should PayPal change their HTML, URL
> conversion may no longer catch everything.
What you're doing isn't a normal chain of events for PayPal? I'd think
all their URLs would be absolute in order to facilitate what you're
trying to do?
> 2) Server A is not running https for this host and Computer D is not
> entering login information on insecure connection.
The HTML you'll be echoing to D will post to PayPal's https URL, so you
should be fine, shouldn't you? Or does IE complain if a non-secured
HTML form posts to an https URL?
> There may not be any way to do it.
On the contrary, hopefully TMTOWTDI.
Grin,
j
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