getToHost {httpRequest} | R Documentation |
Sends Get Request to HTTP Server
getToHost(host,path,referer,port=80)
host |
The host to which to send the Request e. g.: www.spiegel.de, 127.0.0.1 |
path |
The path to the file eg. /cgi/getpasswords.pl?test=best or /index.html |
referer |
something like www.myhome.org |
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
postToHost, simplePostToHost
#check first if www.molgen.mpg.de is running. #port<-80 #getToHost("www.molgen.mpg.de","/~wolski/test.php4?test=test1&test2=test2&test3=3","www.test.pl",port=port)