Stu, I forgot to mention what you might expect back in the response and headers fields. The response will contain whatever the web service you are posting to/requesting from is programmed to respond with. In the case of a web service, for example, it will probably return an XML document. In the case of a web site it may return whatever exists at that URL eg html or possibly a zip or doc file for example. If you get something like this in your response, the http Headers should contain the mime type and other info about the document. Generally, it will then be up to you to handle and process the file with whichever tools you determine are appropriate. Generally I think most web protocols will do some form of ascii encoding (b64/uucp/etc) to ensure that the file is web safe. If you receive the file in this way then you have to uncompress/uuucp/b64 it. Otherwise, if the file is potentially binary then you need to handle it more delicately with UV as writes, for example, can munge the file. Also, the potential size of a file could be an issue. HTH Stuart Boydell
From: Stuart.Boydell This shows how to post a simple (xml) purchase order to a web service - response contained in 'response'. program TEST.POST equ E.THIS.PROG to 'TEST.POST' equ E.URL to 'http://10.1.1.123/eprocurement.aspx' equ E.POST to 'POST:text/xml' ;*// note mime type is possibly optional sessionHandle = '' httpHeaders = '' httpStatus = '' postData = '< ns0:PO xmlns:ns0="http://HTTPRequestResponse.POSchema";>< Item>Item01< /Item>< Price>500< /Price>< /ns0:PO>' if not(createRequest(E.URL,E.POST,sessionHandle)) then crt 'return status=':submitRequest(sessionHandle,60000,postData,httpHeaders,response ,httpStatus) end crt 'httpStatus=':httpStatus crt 'httpHeaders=':httpHeaders crt 'response=':response the:end Stuart Boydell _______________________________ From: Stu Glancy Does anyone have any examples of using callHTTP to GET and/or POST. I'm in the early stages of figuring out how to use callHTTP and have had some success in being able to GET but it's only html that comes back. I need examples of GETting a file or POSTing a file. Any help would be appreciated. ********************************************************************** This email message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of addressed recipient(s). If you have received this communication in error, please reply to this e-mail to notify the sender of its incorrect delivery and then delete it and your reply. It is your responsibility to check this email and any attachments for viruses and defects before opening or sending them on. Spotless collects information about you to provide and market our services. For information about use, disclosure and access, see our privacy policy at http://www.spotless.com.au Please consider our environment before printing this email. ********************************************************************** ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
