Products
Webtrends 9.x
Cause
At times, it is useful to create a REST URL that also includes the user credentials. This violates security best practices, instead, pass the credentials in a POST request rather than in a GET request. Theninclude the username and password on the headers of the POST request
Example URL:https://ws.webtrends.com/v3/Reporting/profiles/
Examplecredentials:
Account Name: accountname
Username: username
Password: password
Therequest would be:
POST /v3/Reporting/profiles/ HTTP/1.1
HOST: ws.webtrends.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 49
username=accountname%5Cusername&password=password
HOST: ws.webtrends.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 49
username=accountname%5Cusername&password=password
Note that the “\” that is normally between the account name and user name has to be URL encoded.