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Shiv Deepak
Shiv Deepak

Reputation: 3116

AJAX between a static webpage and google app-engine server sharing same TLD

I have the main website hosted by a reliable static web hosting service. Which only allow me to host static files like html, css, js etc. Now I have few requirements which would need user Login and data storage. I think I can handle this using App Engine Python.

My app is similar to a Voting module, So i will explain it using its example. My plan is to configure things something like this:

main website: www.example.com
appengine:    gae.example.com

On the main website an anonymous user visits: http://www.example.com/vote.html, he should see current voting status (which has been retrieved from app engine). and a login button (from twitter/facebook). when he logins, he should be able to cast his vote and the vote be saved back to the appengine server.

I can handle most of the things but two. (taking same origin policy into account.)

Note: I want to avoid iframes as much as possible.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 279

Answers (2)

jfriend00
jfriend00

Reputation: 707158

You can maintain login between the two sub-domains by making sure that the login cookie is set on the root domain with subdomain access allowed. The sub-domains will be able to access the cookies of the root domain. See https://serverfault.com/questions/153409/can-subdomain-example-com-set-a-cookie-that-can-be-read-by-example-com for some examples.

I don't believe you can make ajax calls directly to another sub-domain. If the target sub-domain is cooperating and supports JSONP, you can do it that way (you end up inserting a script tag with a call to a script and that script calls you back with the data). Because the loading of scripts isn't subject to the same origin policy, you can work around it, but the target sub-domain has to be configured to allow and support JSONP.

Upvotes: 0

Diodeus - James MacFarlane
Diodeus - James MacFarlane

Reputation: 114347

You need to use JSONP.

Subdomains actually violate the same origin policy. This is because some hosted solutions provide subdomains for different users. This would allow users to attack each other's sites.

See: Same Origin Policy - AJAX & using Public APIs

Upvotes: 3

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