Greetings,
To server our data, we set a cookie once the user successfully logs in
to our website. We check for that cookie upon return to the website. I
have successfully written a filter for our experimental TDS and it seems
to handle web browser interactions by checking for cookies and
redirecting to our login if need be. My next step is how to handle
opendap requests.
I have been reading up on the various ways to authenticate opendap
requests (primarily via THREDDS), many of which refer to the server
setting a session cookie upon successful login. My question is, how is
the session cookie checked upon subsequent requests by opendap clients
like IDL, Matlab, IDV, pydap, etc.?
We have a mechanism to allow users to obtain and store cookie
information for use in non-browser-sessions like scripts. These scripts
usually involve wget which has a way to load cookies. Do opendap
clients have any such way to send a cookie?
This is a major hurdle for our service and any feedback is greatly
appreciated!
Thanks!
-kevin.
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Kevin Manross
NCAR/CISL/Data Support Section
Phone: (303)-497-1218
Email:manross@xxxxxxxx <mailto:manross@xxxxxxxx>
Web:http://rda.ucar.edu
