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url="/iw-bin/iw_cgi_wrapper.cgi/example_metadata_callout.ipl/metadata-category-options.txt"

This is specified as url in callout tag. Is this valid url ? isnt it supposed to start with IP address ?

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nipper

Web 101

If a URL does not have http://someserver/ then it uses the local server

kalpana

I thought so. But dont you need to put like this
http://localhost/ iw-bin/iw_cgi_wrapper.cgi/example_metadata_callout.ipl/metadata-category-options.txt

Because when I write http request for a local host from the browser as
http://localhost/-path-

nipper

Depends on where it is being executed. You can get away with no host or localhost, but I usually put the server name in there anyway.

kalpana

If you dont put server name, in that event whats the difference between url and path ? URL just becomes a path, isnt it ?

nipper

in a simple case yes, but then that is what a URL is as well, a path from the docroot.

kalpana

I am trying to figure out this thing correctly.
TS server is having templetadata directory, where file to locate is stored.
Webserver is our localhost, which is in TeamSite server.
In this way, file is inside teamserver but outside the webserver. Is the file still considered to be on localhost ?

By selecting button created for callout on the DCT, we are sending an http requst for callout function. Webserver which receioves the http requst, diverts the requst to the location on teamsite server, right ?
Now if the file is located outside teamsite server or is to be retrieved fro m other url, can we just give that url name and retrieve the file ?

url="/iw-bin/iw_cgi_wrapper.cgi/example_metadata_callout.ipl/metadata-category-options.txt"

In this url, iw_cgi_wrapper.cgi is a file with cgi extension
example_metadata_callout.ipl is a file with ipl extension
metada-category-options.txt is a text file.

How come file resides in another file and not in directory ?