[xquery-talk] Log users into existdb using md5 password (xquery)

[Luca Cervone]

Opps ...
Sure, sorry for the mistake.

Thanks
Luca

> Luca,
>
> As this is a very eXist-db specific question can I ask you to re-post
> this on the exist-open mailing list please? Here is not really the
> correct forum for eXist specific questions...
>
> On 20 June 2013 16:17, Luca Cervone <luca.cervone at unibo.it> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I need to log users into existdb using xquery. Of course I can use this code:
>>
>> xquery version "3.0";
>> declare namespace exist = "http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist";
>> declare namespace request="http://exist-db.org/xquery/request";
>> declare namespace xmldb="http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb";
>> declare option exist:serialize "method=json media-type=text/javascript";
>>
>> let $userName := request:get-parameter("userName", ())
>> let $hash := request:get-parameter("hash", ())
>> let $login := xmldb:authenticate('/db', $userName, $hash)
>> return  <ajax-response>
>>            <success>{$login}</success>
>>        <username>{$userName}</username>
>>    </ajax-response>
>>
>> The problem is that, due to the fact that I receive the password and the username from another service, I receive them in hash form encrypted with md5 (because the can't be passed in clear from a service to another).
>> But the xmldb:authenticate function needs the password in clear. How can I resolve this? Any idea? Is there a way to login 'manually' in xquery without using the authenticate function?
>>
>>
>> Luca Cervone
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