Implementing POST command to cgi

[waprothero]

I want to send parameters to a cgi using a POST command. How do I do this? I need to have the ability to send moderately large chunks of text to a database. The tutorials are pretty clear on acquiring data from a database, but creating http requests using GET is not going to allow me to send enough text unless I get complex with breaking it up into smaller chunks. POST would be much simpler.

I see a number of postings that refer to POST "xxxxx" to URL, etc, etc. Where is the POST command documented. I'm interested in using it in livecode scripts.

[shaosean]

open the docs, type in "post" in the search field in the top right, click the entry.. or http://docs.runrev.com/Command/post

[Simon]

Look up libUrlMultipartFormData.
The sample in there is exactly how I do it.

Ah "...to a database..." maybe not.

Simon

[gpb01]

.... Where is the POST command documented. I'm interested in using it in livecode scripts.

In my DropBox library, freely available HERE, you can see the POST statement in use for a Content-Type: "multipart/form-data" (see the phx_DropboxWriteFile function) ...
... maybe can help

Guglielmo

[waprothero]

Actually, this turns out to be pretty easy. Do you see any problems with this?

on mouseUp
put "name" into key_1
put "BillyBoy" into value_1
put "name2" into key_2
put "John Person" into value_2
get libUrlFormData(key_1,value_1,key_2,value_2)
post it to url "http://myURL/lcp/testPost.php"
answer it
end mouseUp

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the php script is, for the test:
<?php
echo 'Hello ' . htmlspecialchars($_POST["name"]) . '!' . "\n";
echo 'Hello again: ' . htmlspecialchars($_POST["name2"]) . '!' . "\n";
echo 'Got to test';
?>

Now all I've got to do is use my php to access the database and echo back the resuilts in nice xml.
I'll need a progress bar, of course.