Re: [flexcoders] Re: Please Help. Http Service WTH

[Graham Weldon]

Hi Faisal, Personally, due to the security restrictions and sandboxing of the Flash player, I prefer to use a proxy method for HTTPServices: --------------------------------------------------------------- MXML File --------------------------------------------------------------- <mx:Script>     <![CDATA[        public function sendService()        {           var parameters : Object = new Object();           parameters.url = "">           /*            * Alternatively, the URL parameter could be:            * parameters.url = '' + textInput.text + '/thing/here/doc.html';            */           parameters.myParam_x = textInput2.text;           parameters.myParam_y = textInput3.text;           parameters.myParam_z = textInput4.text;           myService.send(parameters);        }        public function processServiceResult(_event : Event) : void        {           //           // This would process the result of the HTTPService call somehow           //        }     ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:HTTPService     id="myService"     url=""     resultFormat="e4x"     result="processServiceResult(event)"/> <!-- URL Field --> <mx:TextInput id="textInput"/> <!-- Parameter Fields --> <mx:TextInput id="textInput2"/> <mx:TextInput id="textInput3"/> <mx:TextInput id="textInput4"/> <!-- Button to activate the service --> <mx:Button click="sendService();"/> =============================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------- PHP File - myProxy.php --------------------------------------------------------------- <?     // Grab the specified URL     $url = "">     $start = true;     for ($_REQUEST as $key => $value)     {        // If the parameter name starts with 'myParam'        if (substr($key, 8) == 'myParam_')        {            if ($start)            {               $start = false;               $url .= '?';            }            else            {               $url .= '&';            }            // Add the parameter to the URL String            $url .= $key . '=' . $value;        }     }     // Set the content type     header('Content-type: text/xml');     // Open a connection to the specified URL     $handle = fopen($url, 'r');     if (!$handle)        die('<error>Failed to open URL</error>');     // Collect the result     while (!feof($handle))        $result .= fread($handle, 8192);     // display the result     die($result); ?> =============================================================== This method is a little longwinded. But the "myProxy.php" is generic enough to work for any project, and should work for any HTTPService that you need. This allows you to have a dynamic HTTPService accessing any resource. Drop me an email if you have any issues with this sample (The code is from my head, not a working copy) Regards, Graham Weldon Faisal Abid wrote: Okay i see where your going at , so how would i call BuildMyUrl , like so i made teh function and then i made trhe service and then i made the textinput , where do i put BuildMyURL(textinput.text) (and is it normail brakets or curly) , im sorry if this is an easy question,  im sort of really stressed out and stumped. Doug Lowder wrote: > Try binding the entire url property to a variable that you build in > code: > >   var myUrl: String = ""; >   function buildMyUrl(s: String) { >       myUrl = "http://something.com/api/someting/" + >           s + "/somethingelse/something"; >   } > > <mx:HTTPService url="" ... /> > > > Then just call "buldMyUrl(textinput.text)" somewhere, such as the > click handler for a button or just before you call your > httpservice's send() method. > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Faisal Abid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Okay so for the past 4 hours + 3 hours at night ive been debugging > my > > application only to come to the conclusion that in a httpservice > url i > > cannot do this > > > > <mx:httpservice > > url=""http://something.com/api/someting/">http://something.com/api/someting/ > {textinput.text}/somethingelse/something" > > > > The httpservice is fine , i test it in a broswer by replacijng > > texinput.txt to something and it returns what its ment to , but in > flex > > it gives me an error saying i must defind a url, I mean it is > defined , > > i know there is a workaround to & by puttin &amp; But What the hec > is > > wrong with my url?? > > > > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Web site design development > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Web+site+design+development&w1=Web+site+design+development&w2=Computer+software+development&w3=Software+design+and+development&w4=Macromedia+flex&w5=Software+development+best+practice&c=5&s=166&.sig=L-4QTvxB_quFDtMyhrQaHQ> >       Computer software development > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Computer+software+development&w1=Web+site+design+development&w2=Computer+software+development&w3=Software+design+and+development&w4=Macromedia+flex&w5=Software+development+best+practice&c=5&s=166&.sig=lvQjSRfQDfWudJSe1lLjHw> >       Software design and development > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Software+design+and+development&w1=Web+site+design+development&w2=Computer+software+development&w3=Software+design+and+development&w4=Macromedia+flex&w5=Software+development+best+practice&c=5&s=166&.sig=1pMBCdo3DsJbuU9AEmO1oQ> > > Macromedia flex > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Macromedia+flex&w1=Web+site+design+development&w2=Computer+software+development&w3=Software+design+and+development&w4=Macromedia+flex&w5=Software+development+best+practice&c=5&s=166&.sig=OO6nPIrz7_EpZI36cYzBjw> >       Software development best practice > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Software+development+best+practice&w1=Web+site+design+development&w2=Computer+software+development&w3=Software+design+and+development&w4=Macromedia+flex&w5=Software+development+best+practice&c=5&s=166&.sig=f89quyyulIDsnABLD6IXIw> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! 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