[Building Sakai] Sakai Webservices - Axis

[sandeep nair]

Yeah I had seen that and thought so it would be an old property file, coz it
didnt have most of the properties, even this session.parameter.allow is not
there *View All Properties in a Single
File<http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+Properties+Reference+-+Full>

*Thanks* *anyway for helping me out.

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:05 AM, Steve Swinsburg
<steve.swinsburg at gmail.com>wrote:

> There is a set of properties here:
> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+Properties+Reference
>
> Although it is a bit out of date. There is work to get some better
> documentation happening.
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
>
> On 13/12/2010, at 4:01 PM, sandeep nair wrote:
>
> Awesome possum. I have been trying to enable so many properties to make it
> work like container.login=true and session.resolvehostname=true. You made my
> day. Isnt there a whole list of sakai.properties available somewhere so that
> i can easily look in to that?
>
> Thanks once again buddy.
>
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Steve Swinsburg <
> steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sandeep,
>>
>> The Sakai web services all require a valid session to work. This session
>> is checked for every web service call .Some are admin only, meaning that
>> unless you have an admin session, you can't perform that action. If you need
>> anonymous access to a web service, it's pretty easy to write your own, or
>> just duplicate one and just remove the session check, but I wouldn't
>> recommend it unless it is an action that is normally anonymous.
>>
>> So, you need to first call the SakaiLogin.login method with some
>> credentials which will give you a session string. Save that session string
>> in your app and use it for subsequent web services calls in SakaiScript etc.
>>
>> To answer your question about a link, yes, you can add the session string
>> to the URL and construct a link like:
>>
>> https://your.sakai.server/portal/?sakai.session=thesessionhere
>>
>> You need to enable this behaviour in sakai.properties though:
>> session.parameter.allow=true
>>
>> cheers,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/12/2010, at 12:53 AM, sandeepnair85 wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > I was guided Clay that i have to subscribe to each mailing list to post
>> in
>> > that. And he gave me the following answer
>> >
>> > First, the developer list (sakai-dev) is public just as this one is,
>> > and you can subscribe at:
>> >
>> > http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/sakai-dev
>> >
>> > Second, I'm a little out of my depth here, and will probably use the
>> > wrong words, but I believe the sessionid refers to the web service
>> > session (i.e. the session your app would open), and is not an
>> > assumption that the user is logged in. If you're going to try to do
>> > something, Sakai needs to know that you're allowed to, and webservices
>> > aren't intended to allow you to run around that.
>> >
>> > You can see more of the details in the jws files [1], which may answer
>> > other questions or give you some ideas for writing your own
>> > webservices.
>> >
>> > For more (and better) suggestions on the details of your application
>> > and its approach, I'll refer you to the good people on sakai-dev.
>> > sandeepnair85 wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> So how do i get the sessionId? And is there a way that i can redirect
>> my
>> >> user who is already logged in sakai using webservice to sakai web
>> >> application from my application?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I was looking at the wsdls that are provided by sakai for webservices.
>> I
>> >> see that even for creating account you need a sessionid. Is it because
>> it
>> >> assumes users will always be created by someone who has logged in or is
>> >> there is a webservice available to create an account without sessionid
>> >>
>> >> Besides i have follwoing queries.
>> >>
>> >> I have a web application. I think i will integrate sakai using
>> webservice,
>> >> so that user when he creates an account in my web application, his
>> account
>> >> will be created in sakai using web service.
>> >>
>> >> Whenever he logs into my application, i will make him login in sakai
>> using
>> >> webservice and store the session information.
>> >>
>> >> Now i want to show a link in my application, clicking on which the user
>> >> should be redirected to sakai app. Is that possible?
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Sandeep
>> >>
>> >
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