BE_HTTP_POST

BE_HTTP_POST( url ;parameters;{username;password })

Does a http POST function and returns the results. This uses the curl library so output will be similar to that. This is used in conjunction with the BE_HTTP_SetCustomHeader function to set custom headers in advance and the BE_HTTP_ResponseCode and BE_HTTP_ResponseHeaders functions to get the result values after the POST is complete.

Parameters:

• url : the url to retrieve.
• parameters : The data to send to the url. This is a text string, which is a list of all of the parameters to send in name value pair format. Put an "=" between the name and value, and an ampersand "&" between each pair. Use file=@path for external files.
• username : username for HTTP authentication
• password : password for HTTP authentication

Version History:

• 1.3 :
• 2.0 : Added optional username and password parameters.
• 3.1 : Allowed the use of file=@path for file parameters. ( See Notes about paths ).
• 4.0 : Added the optional filename parameter.

Notes:

Use BE_CurlSetOption ( "CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH" ; type) to set authentication types.

Check for errors using the BE_GetLastError function and use https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html for error details.

Code Examples:

BE_HTTP_POST ( $url ; "image=@/Users/nick/Desktop/test.jpg" )

BE_HTTP_POST ( "http://Fictional.Server.com/service.js" ; 
	"{\"method\" : \"Workgroup.projects.listActive\", \"args\" : []}" ;	"Administrator" ; "password123")

You can also do mulipart/form data :

BE_HTTP_SetCustomHeader ( "Content-type"; "multipart/mixed" ) & 
BE_HTTP_POST ( TestScriptURL ; "a=b&c=d&image=@" & BE_ExportFieldContents ( Table::File ) ; "Administrator" ; "password123" )