SID-02453: save command line problem in TWiki-6.1.0

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	6.1.0	Perl version:	v5.16.3
Category:	CategoryError	Server OS:	RedHat Linux 7.5	Last update:	5 years ago

Hello! For years I've been auto-generating TWiki pages/reports from scripts and doing a command line save on a TWiki formatted file to add it to our TWiki web. This was on TWiki-5.0.1. I've upgraded to TWiki-6.1.0 and everything is working, except the command line save now fails. I had a similar problem with a web app I created and the resolution was to use 'method=post' when creating a new page from, for exammple, a template, like this:

<form name="new" action="%SCRIPTURLPATH{save}%/%WEB%/" method="post">

When I run the command line 'save' on TWiki-6.1.0 with a formatted input file, I get an error saying I must use method=post

Exmaple save command:

cd $TWIKI_BIN_DIR ./save -topic InventoryReport -user VALID_USER -text "This is a test"

The output/error I get from the command is:

The save script can only be called with POST method. Example:

<form name="new" action="/twiki/bin/save/Sandbox/" method="post"> ... </form>

I've tried a number of ways, but I can't seem to get this to work. Anyone know how I can use the method=post in the command line save script so i can get this to work? Thanks!

-- David Brezy - 2020-09-15

Discussion and Answer

Issue confirmed, tracked in TWikibug:Item7910

-- Peter Thoeny - 2020-09-16

This is fixed, see TWikibug:Item7910

Apply this patch:

--- lib/TWiki/UI/Save.pm   (revision 30798)
+++ lib/TWiki/UI/Save.pm   (working copy)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     my $revision = $query->param( 'rev' ) || undef;
     my $reqmethod = $query->request_method();
 
-    if( $reqmethod && $reqmethod !~ /^POST$/i ) {
+    if( $reqmethod && $reqmethod !~ /^POST$/i && !$session->inContext('command_line') ) {
         # save can only be called via POST method or command line
         throw TWiki::OopsException(
             'attention',

-- Peter Thoeny - 2020-09-16

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