simplePostToHost {httpRequest} | R Documentation |
Sends Post Request to HTTP Server
simplePostToHost(host, path, referer, datatosend, port=80)
host |
The host to which to send the Request eg.: www.spiegel.de, localhost |
path |
The path to the file eg. /cgi-bin/paramlist.cgi or /index.html |
referer |
something like www.myhome.org |
datatosend |
key value pairs pairs separated by & "pid=14\&pollvotenumber=2\n4" |
port |
its 80 or 8080 most frequently |
It is a simple http client. So it does not take care of special chars e.g. whitspaces.
For details see e.g. perl HTTP::Request::Common documentation.
and http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc1341/0_TableOfContents.html
The document which the server returns as a string.
E.W.Wolski wolski@molgen.mpg.de
getToHost, postToHost
#before you use the example check that the server www.molgen.mpg.de is running. #port <- 80 #data = "pid=14&poll_vote_number=2"; #simplePostToHost("www.molgen.mpg.de","/~wolski/test.php4","",data,port=port)