How to manage user data by a remote access

If you want to manage user data by a remote access on PAL Portal, you can use UserManagerServlet(If you use Jetspeed2, download UserManagerServlet.class).

An usage is simple. Please put the servlet information to web.xml:

  <servlet>
   <servlet-name>UserManagerServlet</servlet-name>
   <servlet-class>jp.sf.pal.portal.servlet.UserManagerServlet</servlet-class>
 </servlet>

 <servlet-mapping>
   <servlet-name>UserManagerServlet</servlet-name>
   <url-pattern>/userManager</url-pattern>
 </servlet-mapping>

and then access http://localhost:8080/palportal/userManager?name1=value1&... UserManagerServlert has the following features:

• Check a user authentication


• Add a user


• Update a password


• Delete a user

An example of an output format is below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<results>
 <status>string</status>
 <message>string</message>
 <result>
   <name>string</name>
   <value>string</value>
 </result>
</results>

Check a user authentication

Parameters passed on URL:
[Request Parameters]="Value"
action=authenticate
username="User name"
password="Password"

Value of "status":
success -> Success!
authentication-failed -> Authentication failed.
invalid-parameter -> Invalid request parameter(s).
excluded-user -> a given user name is excluded.

Add a user

Parameters passed on URL:
[Request Parameters]="Value"
action=create
username="Username"
password="Password"

Value of "status":
success -> Success!
user-already-exists -> User already exists.
server-error -> Server error.
invalid-parameter -> Invalid request parameter(s).
excluded-user -> a given user name is excluded.

Update a password

Parameters passed on URL:
[Request Parameters]="Value"
action=update
username="User name"
password="Password"

Value of "status":
success -> Success!
user-not-found -> User not found.
server-error -> Server error.
invalid-parameter -> Invalid request parameter(s).
excluded-user -> a given user name is excluded.

Delete a user

Parameters passed on URL:
[Request Parameters]="Value"
action=update
username="User name"
password="Password"

Value of "status":
success -> Success!
user-not-found -> User not found.
server-error -> Server error.
invalid-parameter -> Invalid request parameter(s).
excluded-user -> a given user name is excluded.