Server authentication?

joelhietala

Hi!

I was just wondering how the server authentication works when pushing data from a GS app to a server. I mean, there has to be some sort of authentication – username and password – for the server, right? The Send table to URL behavior doesn't have any parameters for that.

Thanks in advance!

Hopscotch

@joelhietala

You are setting up your own back-end server?

Well the Get and Send URL behaviors are just your means of communicating with the server. The authentication , or any functionality you would want, needs to be developed by you, both in your app and on the back-end.

What kind of service do you want to implement?

joelhietala

Do I not have to? I mean, the only option available in GS is to have your own server, right?

Anyway, the service is pretty much the simplest one ever; the app just needs to sent the tables to the server in JSON format so that they can be later accessed via the web browser.

Hopscotch

@joelhietala describe what you want to do.
Obviously if you allow users to send data from a device to the server, later to be picked up in some way, you still need to identify who it is from or who it is for.

joelhietala

So the app is for a client's company. He and his coworkers need to gather information in real life, fill them via text input in-app and then send the texts (from a table) in JSON format to the server. They will then access the data from a URL generated by the app based on the data they input. I'm mainly concerned about the GS-to-server interaction – how is it done?

Thank you in advance!

Hopscotch

@joelhietala

One option is to set up your own server. @jonmulcahy has instructions here how you can do it: http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/63636/sending-and-receiving-data-using-your-own-sql-server-php-file-and-testproject-included/p1

or you can contact us at AppFormative.com for back-end services like this.

joelhietala

@Hopscotch

I contacted you via email. Thank you for the help so far!