Re: applet using cgi

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From: Joi Ellis [TeamB]
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:03

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teiluj <hkl@eie.polyu.edu.hk> wrote:
> hi all,
> i wrote an applet.  the applet will call a cgi using the following line

> url=new URL("http://abc.com/cgi-bin/test?login=a&password=b");
> .
> .
> .
> getAppletContext().showDocument(url, "_balnk");

> actually, it works, however, the cgi argument, "?login=a&password=b", is
> also shwon in the browser.
> could anyone here please tell me what to do to hide the cgi argument in the
> browser when using the cgi.

Assuming there isn't something about applets that breaks this (Cause I
don't do applets and wouldn't know...)

Make your test script use POST instead of GET, and send the variables
through STDIN.

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