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How the Forms Work
HTTP, Query URLs, and HTML Forms
Requests from the end-entity services interface to Certificate Management System
are submitted using the HTTP
query URLs (in the case of the
(in the case of the
For background on these topics, consult books on authoring for the World Wide
Web, on HTML, and on the HTML specification. Another good source is
Netscape's documentation on creating Internet sites; that documentation is
available at this URL:
http://home.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/index.html
JavaScript
JavaScript is a scripting language that most browser software, including Netscape
Navigator and Communicator, used for dynamic forms. (JavaScript is not the same
as the more sophisticated and powerful Java language that is also supported by
Netscape clients.)
In the agent and end-entity services forms, JavaScript is used to check input values
and to formulate requests to the CMS server. JavaScript is also used in the output
templates to present and format responses from the CMS server.
To customize the forms and templates, you need to be familiar with JavaScript. For
more information on JavaScript and its use in Netscape browsers, see the Netscape
JavaScript Authoring Guide available at this URL:
http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/3.0/handbook/javascript/
index.html
There are also several books on this topic.
How the Forms Work
Administrators, end-entities, and agents request service operations using the HTTP
or HTTPS (HTTP over SSL) protocol using either the
query URLs) or the
content-type
POST
For certificate service operations, the URI portion should indicate
/<operation>
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method).
POST
method (by submitting a URL-encoded form with the
POST
application/x-www-form-urlencoded
method result in a set of name-value pairs; this set constitutes the request.
and
methods. Requests take the form of
GET
POST
method) or data sent through standard output
GET
method (by submitting
GET
). The
method and the
GET
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