Oracle Tip: BI Publisher Report URL without Login

My current customer wants to integrate BI Publisher reports in its web portal. They want to publish URLs that allow users to view reports, skipping the login page.
We can retrieve the Report URL by selecting any of Share Report Link options.

 Copy the URL and add the parameters id and passwd for logging into BI Publisher.

http://<server>:<port>/xmlpserver/Components/<Report_Name>.xdo?id=<user_id>&passwd=<user_password>&_xpf=&_xpt=0&_xdo=<Path to the Report>.xdo&_xmode=4&_params<parameters_if_any>&_xt=<Layout_Name>&_xf=analyze&_xana=view

The main disadvantage of this method is that user credentials are not encrypted. This is not the safest method on earth, but it works and it made my customer happy.