Passing user details from HAP to other web apps?

[DaveJohnCole]

I am cuurently testing an install of HAP 9.1 and have a limited user base of 5 teachers and 2 students. I am hoping to roll this out to our entire department of 400 students and 30+ teachers in the coming months.

 

I love HAP, but my experience is with developing in php. I would like to use HAP not only as a file manager but as a landing page for our entire eLearning solution. I am developing a simple php site for students to gain access to teacher and subject relevant pages, and use LDAP authentification. I would like to simplify user login with a one time event, then giving access to the other sites.

 

Is there a way for me to pass user details from HAP to a php app? I know very little about ASP. I need it to be secure, but also know my user base and the complaints I will get about having to kog in multiple times.

[nickbro]

If you use Windows Authentication instead of Forms you should be able to share authentication.

 

Another way, is to write some php code, than in the background, does a http call to /api/ad

 

Either via POST, with the contents of

{ "username": "some username", "password": "some password" }

Or via GET /api/ad/{username}/{password}

 

You will get back

{"FirstName":"firstname","SiteName":"Some School","Token1":"Token1","Token2":"Token2","Token2Name":".ASPXAUTH","Username":"username","isValid":true|false}

 

If you parse what you get back, then you need to create 2 cookies using php, one called token with the contents of Token1, the other called Token2Name with the contents of Token2

 

Up to you

[DaveJohnCole]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I'll be sure to give this a go sometime this week.

 

Just want to say thanks for all the work you have put into HAP. I spent so much time trying to develop the same thing in php, it was a nightmare! HAP is a life saver for me and my users.