OpenWGA 7.6 - WebTML reference
WebTML metadataMetadata of type="request"
These fields provide information about the current browser request, including many fields that are known as CGI variables.
| Name | Contents | Data type |
|---|---|---|
| absolutewgaurl | The absolute base URL of the OpenWGA server, like used by this request, for example: "http://www.openwga.com" | String |
| ajax | Determines if the current request is an AJAX request | Boolean |
| http_host | CGI variable "HTTP_HOST" providing the DNS hostname used in the request | String |
| http_referer | CGI variable "HTTP_REFERER" containing the URL of the HTML page whose link lead to the current request | String |
| http_user_agent | CGI variable "HTTP_USER_AGENT" providing an individual identification string of the users browser | String |
| mainmedium | The "main medium" of the request, i.e. the media key of the WebTML module that is the outer layout for this request | String |
| path_info | CGI variable "PATH_INFO" containing the path part of the request URL | String |
| path_info_decoded | CGI variable "PATH_INFO_DECODED" containing the path part of the request URL with decoded special characters | String |
| query_string | CGI variable "QUERY_STRING" containing the query part of the request URL | String |
| remote_addr | CGI variable "REMOTE_ADDR" containing the IP address of the user client | String |
| remote_host | CGI variable "REMOTE_HOST" containing the DNS host name of the user client | String |
| remote_user | CGI variable "REMOTE_USER" containing the username of the client as known to the J2EE/web server. This is independent of the OpenWGA login and may provide information about some authentication process external from OpenWGA. | String |
| request_method | CGI variable "REQUEST_METHOD" containing the HTTP method used on the request, like "GET" or "POST" | String |
| server_name | CGI variable "SERVER_NAME" containing the DNS name of the server running OpenWGA | String |
| server_port | CGI variable "SERVER_PORT" containing the HTTP port on which the request was originally received. This may be the port of an upstream HTTP server | Number |
| server_protocol | CGI variable "SERVER_PROTOCOL" containing the web protocol used on the request, for example "HTTP/1.1" for simple HTTP of version 1.1 | String |
| url | The original URL by which the current request was called | String |
| wgaurl | The relative base URL of the OpenWGA server on its J2EE server, without DNS name and port number, like used by this request. For example: "/wga" if OpenWGA is installed under context path "wga". | String |