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Configuring E360 to Send POST Requests to Web Service

Sometimes a custom login provider uses web services that expect a POST request. Entity 360 includes a servlet that sends POST requests. To configure the servlet to send a POST request to a third-party web service, enter the URL of where to send the POST request in the

redirectToProviderLoginPage

method.

Use a text editor to modify the Custom Login Provider implementation.

In the properties passed to the

initialize

method of the Custom Login Provider, copy the URL of the servlet.

In the

redirectToProviderLoginPage

method, create a request

In the

AuthParameters

attribute, set the parameters with name–value pairs.

The name–value pairs comprise the body of the POST request.

In the

ProviderGateURL

attribute, enter the URL where the POST request is sent.

Ensure that the URL ends with a “/” (forward slash). Otherwise, the E360 application generates a null pointer exception.

The following code shows a sample request in a Custom Login Provider implementation:

    @Override
    public void redirectToProviderLoginPage(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
            javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, String originalRequest) throws
    LoginProviderException {
        RequestDispatcher dispatcher = request.getRequestDispatcher(forwardUrl);

        Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();

        params.put("param1", “value1”);
        params.put("param2", “value2”);

        request.setAttribute(“AuthParameters”, params);
        request.setAttribute(“ProviderGateURL”, “http://external.server.com/”);

        dispatcher.forward(request, response);
}

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