Paul
Thanks for the response, but I am unclear on a few things:
Apparently the GetHTTPRequestData() allows you to access an XML
(SOAP) packet that has been sent to you in an HTTP header...
eliminating the need for a form post.
If I wanted to code both ends of this application to application
transmission in CF 5:
how would the sender create the HTTP header to be sent to the receiver?
how would the sender send it to the receiver?
how would the receiver create a response header? cfheader?
how would the receiver return the response?
Are there any references or examples of doing both ends of this with CF?
TIA
Dick
At 8:12 PM -0700 8/14/01, Paul Mone wrote:
>Dick,
> Yes, you can post most XML packets via an HTML Form.
>However, HTML forms
>are for people, and people aren't usually the entities posting XML packets.
>It is usually a system of some sort that takes data from some other format
>(i.e. a database) and creates an XML packet and distributes it.
>
>That being said, if a person was sending you XML data, they would most
>likely use an HTML form to POST the data to you. But to a computer system,
>wrapping the XML packet inside a form field would be an unnecessary and
>cumbersome layer.
>
>XML isn't something that is incredibly handy for humans to parse through or
>build by hand, but it is a great tool when you need to share/syndicate data
>between multiple platforms/environments in a system.
>
>
>---
>Paul Mone
>Ninthlink Consulting Group
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://www.ninthlink.com
>619.222.7082
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 3:14 AM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: RE: Reading an XML post
>
>
>I have only been using CF 5 for about 2 weeks and was unaware of the
>GetHTTPRequestData() function suggested by Paul and Dave Watts...
>
>After reading the docs and experimenting with this function I don't
>see what it does for you (in answer to the original question).
>
>As far as I can tell, GetHTTPRequestData() places the XML (the
>content of the form post) in a structure along with several other
>items from the http post operation.
>
>Fine! But what does this buy you over having the XML in a Form
>Variable (another structure)?
>
>The XML is in the same format regardless of where it is stored... it
>still must be parsed to be useful.
>
>Am I missing something?
>
>TIA
>
>Dick
>
>
>
>At 4:43 PM -0700 8/13/01, Paul Mone wrote:
>>With CF5, I believe that you use GetHTTPRequestData() to retrieve XML data
>>that has been POSTed to a CF template.
>>
>><cfset requestData = GetHTTPRequestData()>
>>
>>This function returns a structure, the contents of which you can look up in
>>CFStudio inline help.
>>
>>
>>---
>>Paul Mone
>>Ninthlink Consulting Group
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>http://www.ninthlink.com
>>619.222.7082
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ricardo Villalobos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 2:35 PM
>>To: CF-Talk
>>Subject: Reading an XML post
>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>One of our customers will start sending us orders using XML. They
>>basically will post the file to a URL in our web server. Using ASP, I
>>can read the contents of the post using Request.BinaryRead. Is there
>>anything similar in ColdFusion?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for your help.
>>
>>Ricardo Villalobos
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>
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