I am getting a 403 forbidden
-error every time I try GET
a user's information from the database. Relating to my code below, every time I try request by pressing the Ajax Test button, It fails to run and gives me an alert, but also in the console gives me a 403 Forbidden
-error. I am not sure whether it has something to do with Spring security?
Users JSP page:
<table>
<tr>
<td>User Id</td>
<td>Full Name</td>
<td>Username</td>
<td>Email</td>
<td>Date of Birth</td>
<td>User Authority</td>
<td>Update </td>
<td>Delete</td>
</tr>
<c:forEach var="user" items="${users}">
<tr>
<td><c:out value="${user.id}" /></td>
<td><c:out value="${user.name}"/></td>
<td><c:out value="${user.username}"/></td>
<td><c:out value="${user.email}"/></td>
<td><c:out value="${user.dob}"/></td>
<td><c:out value="${user.authority}"/></td>
<td>
<a id="update" href="<c:url value="/viewUser"><c:param name="id" value="${user.id}"/></c:url>"><button>Update</button></a>
</td>
<td>
<a id="delete" href="<c:url value="/deleteUser"><c:param name="id" value="${user.id}"/></c:url>"><button>Delete</button></a>
</td>
<td>
<button class="loadUser" name="id" value="${user.id}">Ajax test</button>
</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
</table>
<div id="personIdResponse"> </div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$(".loadUser").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var personId = +$(this).val();
$.get('${pageContext.request.contextPath}/SDP/ajaxTest/' + personId, function(user) {
$('#personIdResponse').text(user.name + ', = username ' + user.username);
})
.fail(function(user){
alert('Could not load user');
});
});
});
</script>
User Controller class:
@RequestMapping("/viewUser")
public String updateUser(Model model, @RequestParam(value = "id", required = false) Integer id) {
User user = usersService.getUser(id);
model.addAttribute("user", user);
return "settings";
}
@RequestMapping("/ajaxTest")
@ResponseBody
public User ajaxTest(@RequestParam(value = "id", required = false) Integer id) {
User user = usersService.getUser(id);
return user;
}