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JavaScript

Posted by Abhijit Das
Abhijit Das
5,022 Points

how to hide user id and password from URL in JavaScript?

Hello Everyone, is there any way I could hide 'userid=parthad&password=abcd123' from showing it in address bar on my onClick function? Thank you.

<a id="collabLink" href="link" onClick="javascript:window.open(
'index.html?userid=parthad&password=abcd@123','toolbar=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,location=no,directories=no,status=no');return false")">
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" style="position: fixed; margin: auto; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 150px; height: 40px;">
        Launch Collab
    </button>
</a>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,253 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,253 Points

To conceal your parameters you need to use the POST method instead of GET, but I don't think that's an option in window.open.

You might try constructing a form object with your URL as the action, a new window as the target, and child input elements for the parameters and then calling the "submit" method on it.

Abhijit Das
Abhijit Das
5,022 Points

Oh Hi Steven Parker...interesting suggestion..I will definitely look on it..thanks once again and Happy new year...:)

Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points
Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points

I think the only way is to use AJAX (XHR) with POST method.

Abhijit Das
Abhijit Das
5,022 Points

Thanks @Andrey Misikhin, yes I did try to use AJAX but it doesn't work for me...:(