Question

A link works fine, e.g. clicking
  <a href="%SCRIPTURL%/view%SCRIPTSUFFIX%/%WEB%/ParameterisedSearchPage?username=DonaldDuck">Donalds topics</a>
makes a jump to ParameterisedSearchPage, showing Donalds topics, but not Goofys, Mickeys... etc. , e.g.:

Now I wish to INCLUDE Donalds topics on Donalds homepage (Main.DonaldDuck) writing:
  %INCLUDE{%SCRIPTURL%/view%SCRIPTSUFFIX%/%WEB%/ParameterisedSearchPage?username=DonaldDuck}%

This does not work for two reasons (I guess):

• My %SCRIPTURL% resolves to https://.... (and not http://..., see HowToIncludeWithUrlParam)
• The view script requires authentication, i.e. on our site you must log on even to view a page
  and the TWiki server does not contain user authentication when it does the URL GET thing

Does anybody

• know a work-around? or
• have a suggestion for some development task that we might perform to remedy this situation?
  e.g. %INCLUDERENDERED{ParameterisedSearchPage?usename=DonaldDuck}%

-- NielsKoldso - 31 Aug 2004

Environment

-- NielsKoldso - 31 Aug 2004

Answer

How about using SpreadSheetPlugin formulae?

In the including topic write this:

  %CALC{"$SET(username,DonaldDuck)"}%
  %INCLUDE{"ParameterisedSearchPage"}%

In ParameterisedSearchPage write this:

  %SEARCH{"META:FORM{name=\"UserTopic;META:FIELD{name=\"UserName.*? value=\"%CALC{$GET(username)}%" regex="on" format="| $topic |"}%

This should work regardless of authentication, hhtp or https.

-- PeterThoeny - 03 Sep 2004

Also, I imagine either MacrosPlugin or TopicVarsPlugin will also do what you want.

-- MartinCleaver - 08 Sep 2004

Thanx a lot for your answers Peter and Martin.

I found that the MacrosPlugin worked best for me after I slightly hacked it to not show everything, c.f. MacrosPluginDev#HackConditionalInclusion

-- NielsKoldso - 14 Sep 2004