I want to collect some data inside a user-area of a particular page and send this data to my web server.
As this data holds private financial information, the transfer should be secured.
How can I send the data securely using Greasemonkey or Tampermonkey?
To transmit data securely from a Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey script, use GM_xmlhttpRequest() to POST
data to your secure server.
Use SSL (https://) to do so.
For example:
// ==UserScript==
// @name _Demonstrate secure data transmission
// @include http://YOUR_SERVER.COM/YOUR_PATH/*
// @grant GM_xmlhttpRequest
// ==/UserScript==
var secureStr_1 = "Don't let anybody see this!",
secureStr_2 = "The Super secret borscht recipe is...";
GM_xmlhttpRequest ( {
method: "POST",
url: "https://YOUR_**SECURE**_SERVER.COM/YOUR_SAVE_PATH/",
data: "secureStr_1=" + encodeURIComponent (secureStr_1)
+ "&" + "secureStr_2=" + encodeURIComponent (secureStr_2)
// etc.
,
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
},
onload: function (response) {
console.log (response.responseText);
}
} );