can you access HTTP Headers in Javascript (Remote_User)

[Buchanp]

I need to access the CGI Variables or HTTP Headers in a request. Can I do that in JavaScript?

Specifically I need to access the CGI variable remote_user.

anyone?

[Flawless_koder]

No - Javascript does not have access to server variables...
the session user is not sent back to the client in the
response header - and since that's the only information that
js can possibly have access to - that's it!
The only other way would be to ask it for it using a external file ... OR just get a server side langauge to put
it in in the first place...

external version:

<script language="Javascript" src="who.pl"></script>

who.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl

print "alert('$ENV{REMOTE_USER}');";

but personally i'd never use perl - i'd use mason in a js file:

who.js
alert('<%$ENV{REMTOE_USER}%>');

Flawless

[Buchanp]

OK I see

I saw this too . . .

http://developer.irt.org/script/1206.htm

I am actually trying to get this from the server side using another program that allows for JavaScript so I thought I could get to it.

[Flawless_koder]

And just WHAT'S wrong with perl

he he

Flawless