Can I put a simple http form on a page to send a simple text field via GET protocal to a web address

[Robert Glover]

I am using Atlassian Confluence 3.4.9 and Adaptavist ThemeBuilder. My business user want to know if there is a simple way to create an http form on a Wiki page that has one input text field where the user inputs a short piece of data. Then there should be a SUBMIT button which, which clicked, sends the content of that input text field to a web address (not a Confluence web address). All of my google searches on this show only how to use confluence to submit a form that sends an email. I do not want to submit an email, I want to submit a normal form via HTTP "GET" protocol (or "POST" protocal if that is an option) Maybe the answer is so simple that it is escaping me.

[Robert Glover]

Hoo boy, do I feel foolish. As soon as I posted the question the answer struck like lightning. A simple "html" macro solves the problem! (Assuming, of course, that the html macro has been activated; by default in a vanilla Confluence install the html macro is not active).

To whit:

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<center>
<form action="https://foo.com/up" method="GET" target="_blank">
<label for="emailaddress">Enter your e-mail address: </label><input type="text" name="emailaddress" size="60" maxlength="60"/><br />
<input type=hidden name="app" value="tsgoar"
<br><br><input type="submit" value="Request Something" onClick="return confirm('Submit request for app to be pushed to your BB?');">
</form>
</center>
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[Jim Birch]

The html macro is a fairly serious security issue, ie, allowing any page write to add arbitrary html to a page.

Better to write the html in a user macro!

[Jim Birch]

The html macro is a fairly serious security issue, ie, allowing any page writer to add arbitrary html to a page. The sky's the limit. That's why it is not active by default.

Better to write the html in a user macro. You only allow one considered action, not just anything. It's possible to limit access to html macro with another plugin but using the user macro is simpler.