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Library: omhttp - HTTP support Include: omhttp.xin

Declaration

  define function HttpRequestSetFromUrl
              modifiable  stream Request
     from     value       stream URL

  where

Request

is an HTTP request object.

URL

is the uniform resource locator (URL).

Use the HttpRequestSetFromUrl function to populate several key items of the request object.

Requirements

You must include the following line at the beginning of your OmniMark program:

  include "omhttp.xin"

Usage Notes

With HttpRequestSetFromUrl, you can set the host, port, path, and search items. By setting these items, a valid request object is created and may be sent using HttpRequestSend.

Usually, you would call HttpRequestSetFromUrl in a client program.

Example

  include "omhttp.xin"

  process
     local HttpRequest request

     ; set the host and path
     HttpRequestSetFromUrl request from
        "http://www.omnimark.com/home/home.html"

     ; set the port and two search items in addition to the host and path 
     HttpRequestSetFromUrl request from
        "http://www.omnimark.com:1080/home/home.html?name1=value1&name2=value2"

Related Syntax    HttpRequestSend    HttpRequestSetSearchItem

Other Library Functions    HttpConnectionSendResponse    HttpLibraryVersion    HttpObjectGetCookieAttributes    HttpObjectGetCookieValues    HttpObjectGetHeaders    HttpObjectGetStatusReport    HttpObjectIsInError    HttpObjectSetCookieAttribute    HttpObjectSetCookieValue    HttpObjectSetHeader    HttpRequest    HttpRequestGetSearchItems    HttpRequestSend    HttpRequestSetFromUrl    HttpRequestSetProxy    HttpRequestSetSearchItem    HttpResponse    HttpResponseOutput    HttpServiceAwaitRequest

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