Zimlet call via SOAP

[uxbod]

If you have performed a pre-auth is it possible to then call a Zimlet they SOAP ? I have ran the ZWC in debug mode and clicked on the Zimlet I wish to perform a action but no request appears to be sent.

[uxbod]

Capturing with tcpdump I see that a HTTP GET request is sent to /service/zimlet/<zimlet_name>/procedure.js?somedatatosend and if dump the account using zmmailbox it would appear to expose the objects via JSON

"zimlet": [{
                "description": "Zimlet Test",
                "name": "zimlet_name",
                "version": "0.1",
                "includeCSS": [{
                    "_content": "zimlet.css"
                  }],"zimlet": [{
                "description": "Zimlet Test",
                "name": "zimlet_name",
                "version": "0.1",
                "includeCSS": [{
                    "_content": "zimlet.css"
                  }],
                "include": [{
                    "_content": "procedure.js"
                  }],
                "handlerObject": [{
                    "_content": "zimlet_name"
                  }],

How would one construct the JSON request or is that even possible to a zimlet ?

[uxbod]

By setting ZM_AUTH_TOKEN I am able to connect to the zimlet using the full /service URL though wondering whether that is the only way or if JSON can be used ?

[sposetti]

So I understand your question: are you looking to call the /service/***/zimlet URL directly and are asking how auth is handled to be able to hit that URI?

[uxbod]

Please excuse my ignorance for a start I have a working PHP script that uses JSON for querying a contact

$request = array(
                "Header" => array(
                        "context" => array(
                                "_jsns" => "urn:zimbra",
                                "authToken" => array(
                                        "_content" => $authToken,
                                ),
                        ),
                ),
                "Body" => array(
                        "SearchRequest" => array(
                                "_jsns" => "urn:zimbraMail",
                                "types" => array(
                                        "_content" => "contact",
                                ),
                                "query" => array(
                                        "_content" => "12345",
                                ),
                        ),
                ),
        );

And I was wondering whether JSON could be used to post, via the SOAP interface, to a backend Zimlet as-well. I have made it work by calling http://<zimbra_fqdn>/service/zimlet/<zimlet_name>/<zimlet_name>.js using CURL. For this to work I had to set the ZM_AUTH_TOKEN cookie which I can get quite happily using JSON. I think my issue is that Zimlets are not exposed for operating on like other methods eg. zimbraMail as I could not see anything apart from Get/Modify in soap.txt. Will PM my code if that is okay ?