Help using Ajax with Aware

SanMiguel

Hi,

I'm trying to use Ajax to call into Aware without much luck. Having read the various posts on this forum I've got to connect OK, but sending login credentials should (according to Programmer's Guide p78-) return something like:

<login_action_return>
<session_id>62372304wdasda3243</session_id>
</login_action_return>

I get:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<root>
<login_action_return>
<login_action_success>
<header business_space="fs" business_space_raw="BASTestDomainfs" user_name="admin" testing_mode="true" >
</header>
<visual_perspective name="Administrator" display_errors_in_status="true" theme="ext20/resources/css/xtheme-indigo.css">
<vpframe type="main" t

I'm using 4.7, here's my connection code:

		var url = "http://localhost:8080/AwareIM/xml.awr";
		var params = "<login_action business_space=\"fs\" user_name=\"admin\" password=\"password\" testing_mode=\"true\" />";
		http.open("POST", url, true);
		//Send the proper header information along with the request
		http.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
		http.setRequestHeader("Content-length", params.length);
		http.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close"); // comment out to keep connection open
		http.onreadystatechange = httpStateChangeHandler;
		http.send(params);

Any suggestions anyone? I've got cookies enabled in my browser, by the way. Not sure if that's relevant, other posts do mention that as a factor, but I think I should still expect back a session_id to use in other server requests.
Thanks,
SanMiguel

aware_support

There was just a post about this recently.

Aware IM supports TWO XML interfaces - the first one is the old one and it is fully documented in the Programmers's Guide. The second one is new, is a lot more powerful but it is not documented yet. These interfaces are invoked via DIFFERENT URL's. From your post it looks like you are calling the new interface but expecting the return of the old one. Check the URL that you are using - it must be the one described in the Programmer's Guide.

If you want to use the new interface you have to look at the DTD file http://www.awareim.com/dtd/web_interface.dtd and the example of its usage in AwareIM/Tomcat/webapps/AwareIM/aware_ext/awareFull.js

SanMiguel

When I use the old interface (xml.do) I get the following error:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1' ?>
<!DOCTYPE aware_im PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems Inc.//DTD Aware IM Version 2.0//EN" "http://www.awareim.com/dtd/awareim.dtd" >
<failure>Premature end of file.</failure>

I seem to get more success with the new interface. So for now I will read through the 32000-line file aware_full.js file. Is there any documentation developed for this new interface?

Has anyone else got an HTML/Ajax app working with Aware? I'm not trying to do anything major - just login, search/edit/delete objects in business space.

Thanks in advance,
SanMiguel

aware_support

The new interface is not documented other than in the DTD and there is an example code (awareFull.js)

What you are getting in response to the login action is the description of the visual perspective to show. You can ignore it if you like and build your own interface. If you got successful response to login it means that you can continue sending other commands.

SanMiguel

OK Thanks I'm getting closer to something working but am not good at deciphering dtd documents. Can you help with the syntax of a create_objects_action call?

Say I have a business object "Clients" with 1 attribute "Name". What I am trying is:

		var params = "<create_objects_action>"+
				"<create_objects_object_name name=\"Clients\">"+
				"<attribute name=\"Name\" value=\"newName"/>" +
				"</create_objects_object_name>"+
				"</create_objects_action>";

Clearly something is incorrect in this - any help appreciated.
SanMiguel

aware_support

You must be able to read DTD to use the new interface. We won't be able to help you with this on the forum. If you want to create a new object you must use post_form_data_action or post_object_data action.

If you cannot read DTD and the Javascript code, you better stick with the old interface.

SanMiguel

OK. Thanks. I'll perservere on my own for now.

When can we expect documentation for the new interface to be available?

SanMiguel.

noahfreed

cant this be done without coding?

aware_support

Aware IM has everything to generate a professional interface without coding. AJAX is only necessary if you want to build something completely custom. AJAX IS coding, though

himanshu

Hi Support,

Please help me out,

I try to test login action with my new UI,

here are details:

method : post
url : loginAdmin.aw
contentType: application/xml

aciton :<root><login_action business_space='Test' user_name='admin' password='password' testing_mode=true></login_action></root>

In return i got long html code of loginAdmin.html file with following lines below:

clientId = "DirectHTTPChannel0"
correlationId = "4257C92E-152D-6CF3-E8DC-C0C151C11CFA"
destination = ""
headers = (Object)#1
messageId = "C556093F-5DE9-6D23-42C0-C0C152BB23CE"
timestamp = 0
timeToLive = 0

when i look to awareim server logs, it shows this:

Unable to determine business space version for user

i tried some other action within application then all goes well, just stuck at login Action.

there is something doing wrong, please if you help me out.

Thanks,

tford

aciton :<root><login_action

Guessing here -- should it be "action" ??

himanshu

sorry..for the term

parameter we say..is it correct

aware_support

noahfreed wrote
cant this be done without coding?

And to clarify - the entire Aware IM AUTOMATIC UI is driven by AJAX. You don't need to write a single line of code to get tabs, pop-up dialogs, collapsible panels, pop-down menus etc etc etc. It's only if you want to replace Aware IM UI with your own custom UI, do you need to do AJAX programming

aware_support

Himanshu, do you have the business space Test in testing mode?

himanshu

Hi support,

You are correct and I also aware about that whole UI is parse with JS and AJAX, but here I just need to log in the business space so can access or move fwd. and My Test business space is in Test Mode too.

In the loginAdmin.html a simple code using ajax is there, now my concern is only that when i login successfully what it will return. Because in the old interface as you said session id is return, but what in the new interface ?

himanshu

I resolved myself, small mistake i was doing.

Thanks