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[Sergiu Dumitriu]

On 2/20/07, THOMAS, BRIAN M (ATTSI) <bt0008 at att.com> wrote:
>
> I apologize for the length of this message, but it's a topic that I
> believe to be of pretty wide interest and takes some explaining.


[snip]

The first approach would have required a custom form, and it looked hard
> enough that I didn't try it, but most of all I couldn't work out how to
> get the correct permissions.  Between that and the second, I created a
> URL object with which I formatted a GET request to the
> XWiki.RegisterNewUser page.  That had significant problems, chief of
> which was determining whether the registration had actually worked - the
> HTTP status doesn't tell you, and I'd have to parse the response to
> guess the answer.  Changing the form (which I had to do anyway) would
> make that easier, but I didn't like that answer either.


We're already working on adding meaningful HTTP status codes. In a few days
(if you want this) we can make registration return the proper status code.
And I don't think you need to write a form, the right GET URL should work
just fine.

So, in short:
>   1) Where, if anywhere, can I jump into the XWiki APIs to initialize
> the context properly? and/or


Try looking inside .../xwiki/web/XWikiAction , that's a good starting point.
Right now I'm in a hurry, so I don't have time to check myself.

  2) If this is a stupid way to approach the problem, what would be a
> wiser one?


If the registration page would return status codes, I'd say it is better to
create a request.

Thanks in advance, as always,
>
> brain[sic]
>

Sergiu Dumitriu

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