Hi Torben,
Thank you very much for your reply! WFS-T was not known to me, but seems
exactly what I'm looking for. Much appreciated!
Todd
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 2:48 PM, Torben Barsballe <
tbarsba...@boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
> Hi Todd
>
> Saving feature data to GeoServer is exactly the sort of thing WFS-T is
> intended for - see here
> <http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/services/wfs/reference.html#transaction>
> for details.
> Combining this with GeoServer's standard security model should allow you
> to update database records in a secure fashion.
>
> Also note that the GoeServer REST api does not provide any way of
> accessing or modifying database records.
>
> Torben
>
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 12:44 PM, Todd Jacobus <t...@tcarta.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm building a web map that collects some simple GeoJSON from user-drawn
>> polygons and I'm trying to devise a method to send out and store that
>> data. Would it be a bad idea to use GeoServer's REST api to push an entry
>> to a database, or would this possibly expose a security vulnerability? Is
>> there a way to configure an authentication filter to only allow a user
>> write access to a database table (via html form), and forbid any other CRUD
>> operations? Unfortunately, I'm forced to build everything using front-end
>> tech, so I'm trying to find a solution using Javascript/AJAX. Thank you
>> all very much.
>>
>> Best,
>> Todd
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