Reading a post request

[MySQL_Narb]

 

Does the following mean that one of the fields in the POST data is vote and its value id (pmc)? Like, if it were GET instead of post, would it be:

 

ajax.php?vote=pmc

 

action=vote
ajax_module=tracking
dir=1
id=pmc
module_type=public

 

Sorry if I worded this to where it's hard to understand.

[MySQL_Narb]

To clarify:

 

The POST request it going from the client to the server. How can I get the name of the POST params being sent? Since sending the data would be via an AJAX request, I should be able to find the params used.

[requinix]

...They're right there: action, ajax_module, dir, id, and module_type.

[MySQL_Narb]

That's what I thought, but the script doesn't seem to accept the data (I can tell by looking at another page to see if the data has changed (toggling my vote on a server page)).

[MySQL_Narb]

Can you send AJAX requests on other domains? Such as this:

 

<p id="message" style="display:none;"></p>
<input type="submit" id="send" value="Send">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
    var alreadyShown = false;
    function send(){
        var send = $.ajax({
            url: 'EXTERNAL URL',
            type: 'POST',
            data: {action : 'vote', ajax_module: 'tracking', dir: 1, id: 'ralfs-survival', module_type: 'public'},
            dataType: 'text'
        });
        
        if(!alreadyShown){
            $('#message').text('Sending...').fadeToggle('slow');
            alreadyShown = true;
        }else{
            $('#message').text('Sending...');
        }

        send.fail(function(response){
            $('#message').text('Failed: '+response);
        });

        send.done(function(response){
            $('#message').text('Sent - Possible response:<br/>' + response);
        });
    }

    $('input[id="send"]').click(function(){
        send();
    });
});
</script>

 

Always returns a failed attempt.

[Mahngiel]

Can you send AJAX requests on other domains? Such as this:

 

Sure you can, how else do you think you can log into sites like google, twitter, facebook, or any other site through single-sign-on services?  You need to know what parameters the receiver expects and what language to communicate to it width.

[Christian F.]

Actually, what Mahngiel posted is a truth with modifications.

 

There is no native support for cross-domain AJAX requests, due to the same origin policy. Which was implemented to help prevent XSS and similar attacks.

However, there are some libraries and methods out there that can make this possible. One such library is ACD, JSONP is another alternative (supported by jQuery), or you could use CORS which is a new draft from W3C to handle just this kind of scenarios.

[Jessica]

 

Does the following mean that one of the fields in the POST data is vote and its value id (pmc)? Like, if it were GET instead of post, would it be:

 

ajax.php?vote=pmc

 

action=vote
ajax_module=tracking
dir=1
id=pmc
module_type=public

 

Sorry if I worded this to where it's hard to understand.

No, it shows you exactly what it looks like as "Source". It's not vote=pmc, it's action=vote and id=pmc and a bunch of others.