Re: receiving http Post/Push data

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 8 Jul 2024 at 21:15, T Lee Davidson <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On 7/8/24 12:26, Bruce Steers wrote:
> >
> > I have in my gambas program a method that connects to a url that is a
> gb.web cgi script
> >
> > this url when opened checks the QUERY_STRING and returns data depending
> on the arg.
> >
> > but i also want to upload some text data to it.
> >
> > I have this function...
> > Public Sub btnUpload_Click()
> >
> >    Dim sRes As String
> >    Dim s As String = File.LoadArchive(File.SetExt(ESettings.Path, "zx"),
> True)
> >
> >    With $hTp = New HttpClient As "HTP"
> >      .URL = $sHost &/ $sScoreAppPath & "?submit"
> >      .Post("text/plain", s)
> >     ' .Push("text/plain", s)  ' tried this way too
> >    End With
> >
> > End
> >
> > Then on the server-side the cgi-script runs and it detects the "submit"
> but i cannot figure out how to access the sent data on
> > the server.
> > I looked at all the CGI[Key] keys, it's not there , Content-Length: is
> filled and correct but wheres the text data that was sent?
> >
> > Cheers for any advice
> > BruceS
> >
> >
>
> Request.Post ?
>
> "Request.Post only deals with application/x-www-form-urlencoded and
> multipart/form-data" content type.
>
> For other content type (like application/json), you must read it manually
> from the standard input."
>
> So you'll need to set the content-type to one of the above, when sending
> the Post, to read it in Request.Post, or
> sPostData = Read #File.In Request.ContentLength '(I think.)
>
>
> --
> Lee
>

Yep , Request.class , that was what i was missing , thanks T :)

Respects
BruceS