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Submits the contents of the specified buffer to a script on the
server.
Syntax
object.PostData( Resource,
ResourceData, Buffer, [Options] )
Parameters
- Resource
- A string that specifies the resource that the data will be
posted to on the server. Typically this is the name of an
executable script.
- ResourceData
- A string or byte array that contains the data which will be
provided to the script. If the script expects binary data, it is
recommended that a byte array be used.
- Buffer
- A string or byte array that will contain the output generated
by the script. Typically this is HTML content which is generated by
the script as a result of processing the data that was posted to
it.
- Options
- An optional integer value which specifies one or more options.
This argument is constructed by using a bitwise operator with any
of the following values:
Value |
Constant |
Description |
0 |
httpPostDefault |
The default post mode. The contents of the buffer are
encoded and sent as standard form data. The data returned by
the server is copied to the result buffer exactly as it is
returned from the server. |
1 |
httpPostConvert |
If the data being returned from the server is textual, it
is automatically converted so that the end of line character
sequence is compatible with the Windows platform. Individual
carriage return or linefeed characters are converted to
carriage return/linefeed character sequences. Note that this
option does not have any effect on the form data being
submitted to the server, only on the data returned by the
server. |
2 |
httpPostMultipart |
The contents of the buffer being sent to the server
consists of multipart form data. This causes the Content-Type
request header field to be set to multipart/form-data and the
contents of the buffer will be sent as-is without any
encoding. |
4 |
httpPostErrorData |
This option causes the client to accept error data from the
server if the request fails. If this option is specified, an
error response from the server will not cause the method to
fail. Instead, the response is returned to the client and the
method will succeed. |
Return Value
A value of zero is returned if the operation was successful,
otherwise a non-zero error code is returned which indicates the cause
of the failure.
Remarks
The PostData method uses the POST command to submit the
contents of the specified buffer to a script on the server
and returns the result in a string or byte array provided by the
caller. This method will cause the current thread to block until
the operation completes, a timeout occurs or the post is canceled.
During the operation, the OnProgress event will fire
periodically, enabling the application to update any user interface
objects such as a progress bar.
It is common for servers to return additional information about a
failed request in their response to the client. If you need to process
this information, use the httpPostErrorData option which
causes the error message to be returned in the Buffer provided
by the caller. If this option is used, your application should check the
value of the ResultCode property to obtain the HTTP status code
returned by the server. This will enable you to determine if the
operation was successful.
If you need to submit XML formatted data to the server for
processing, it is recommended that you use the PostXml
method. There is also a PostJson method for
submitting JSON formatted data. Both methods ensure that the data is
sent to the server using the correct content type and encoding.
See Also
GetData Method,
GetFile Method,
PatchData Method,
PostFile Method,
PostJson Method,
PostXml Method,
PutData Method,
PutFile Method,
OnProgress Event
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