Send (HttpRequest function)

Send an HTTP request to the server (HttpRequest class)

The Send function sends an HTTP request to an HTTP server using a parameter value to identify which of the HTTP method types (GET, POST, DELETE, and so on) you want the function to perform. Any HTTP method type is valid as long as its name is 16 characters or less.

The HTTP method type is specified with the Method (name required) parameter. If the Method value is GET or POST, the Send method invocation becomes equivalent to the Get or Post method.

Prior to the addition of the Send method in Sirius Mods Version 7.2, the HttpRequest class had methods only for HTTP GETs and POSTs. The Send method is the only way to carry out HTTP methods other than GET or POST.

Syntax

%httpResponse = httpRequest:Send( [[Port=] string], [[Cancel=] number], - [CertificateCheck= certificateChecker], - [CheckKeepAliveCertificate= boolean], - Method= name)

Syntax terms

%httpresponse	A reference to the HTTPResponse object instantiated and returned by this Send method.
httpRequest	An instantiated HttpRequest object that contains the request (its methods were used to create the request).
Port	A string expression that identifies a previously defined CLSOCK port. The name default is the MASTER port, if any is defined. However, if you omit name and no MASTER port is defined, the request is canceled. This is an optional and (as of Sirius Mods version 7.2) name-allowed parameter. If you specify a value, you may (but don't have to) specify the parameter name, Port (case not important) if you wish.
Cancel	A numeric expression that controls whether the request is cancelled if a communication/socket error occurs. If zero, the request is not cancelled on these errors. If non-zero, the request is cancelled (though a message is still issued). If not specified, it defaults to 1 (cancel). See "Usage notes," below, for further discussion of error handling. This is an optional and (as of Sirius Mods version 7.2) name-allowed parameter. If you specify a value, you may (but don't have to) specify the parameter name, Cancel (case not important) if you wish.
Method	Method is both a required and Name-Required parameter specifying the quoted name of any HTTP method type (for example, 'GET', 'PUT', 'MOVE'). The Method name is not case sensitive, but must be supplied; while the method string must be less than or equal to 16 characters long, all uppercase.

Usage notes

• Although you may specify the Method parameter before the optional parameters, you receive a compilation error if you do so without also specifying the optional parameter names with the optional parameters.
• For information about error handling, see the Get function "Usage notes".
• To send an HTTP GET or POST, you can also use the Get method or the Post method, respectively.

Examples

1. Send statements with argument variations are shown below:

   %resp = %req:send(method='DELETE') %resp = %req:send('CLPORT', method='DELETE') %resp = %req:send(method='POST', port='CLPORT', cancel=1)

See also

• For information about the HTTP protocol, refer to http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html.

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