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Define Symbolic URL Arguments

You use symbolic URL Arguments to define the information that you want to append as arguments to the URL. You also use Symbolic URL Arguments to define commands that you want to execute. In this case, the following arguments commands are required:

• PostRequest. This command instructs SWE to submit the request using a POST method rather than GET, which is the default. In this case, you know POST is required because the method attribute of the form tag specifies POST.
• UserLoginPassword. This command instructs SWE to retrieve the password stored for the user and pass it to the external application. The name of this argument is the name of the input field expected by the external application. In this case, it is password.
• UserLoginID. This command instructs SWE to retrieve the stored login name for the user and pass it to the external application. The name of this argument is the name of the input field expected by the external application. In this case, it is username.

Figure 3 shows the symbolic URL arguments defined for this example.

Figure 3. Symbolic URL Arguments

For more information about Symbolic URL arguments, see Defining Symbolic URL Arguments.

For more information about Symbolic URL commands, see Portal Agent Command Reference.