AJAX

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This page will document the MIDAS AJAX functions accessible through special the mhttpd URLs.

Audit of URI encoding

Failed:

• jkey: "?odb=" not encoded
• jgenmsg: "?msg=" not encoded

Ok:

• jalm
• jmsg

jset

TBW

jget

TBW

jcopy

TBW

jkey

• JSONP: no
• parameters:
  • ?odb=ODB path
• returns:

   if (equal_ustring(getparam("cmd"), "jkey")) {
      show_text_header();
      if (isparam("odb") && db_find_key(hDB, 0, getparam("odb"), &hkey) == DB_SUCCESS) {
         db_get_key(hDB, hkey, &key);
         rsprintf("%s\n", key.name);
         rsprintf("TID_%s\n", rpc_tid_name(key.type));
         rsprintf("%d\n", key.num_values);
         rsprintf("%d\n", key.item_size);
         rsprintf("%d", key.last_written);
      } else
         rsputs("<DB_NO_KEY>");
      return;
   }

• example: TBW

jmsg

• JSONP: no
• parameters:
  • ?n=number of messages to return
• returns: output of cm_msg_retrieve()

   if (equal_ustring(getparam("cmd"), "jmsg")) {
      i = 1;
      if (*getparam("n"))
         i = atoi(getparam("n"));
      
      show_text_header();
      cm_msg_retrieve(i, str, sizeof(str));
      rsputs(str);
      return;
   }

• example: TBW

jgenmsg

• JSONP: no
• parameters:
  • ?msg=message text
• returns: ???

   if (equal_ustring(getparam("cmd"), "jalm")) {
      show_text_header();
      al_get_alarms(str, sizeof(str));
      rsputs(str);
      return;
   }

• example: TBW

jalm

• JSONP: no
• parameters: no
• returns: text from al_get_alarms()

   if (equal_ustring(getparam("cmd"), "jalm")) {
      show_text_header();
      al_get_alarms(str, sizeof(str));
      rsputs(str);
      return;
   }

• example: TBW