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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