Re: http_url_post_xml and REST

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

In what format would you like to do this?   a POST request allows one 
"request body" (basically, a stream of bytes to upload).  In that body, 
you can send a raw file, such as an XML file, or you can use some sort 
of transfer encoding that allows you to put multiple pieces of data 
together.

XML itself is sometimes used for that.   Other methods include 
multipart/form-data encoding, or the traditional web format of 
application/x-www-form-urlencoded  (which is unusual with web services, 
but not unheard of.)   JSON is also sometimes used for this.

Do you know more about the format of the request body you need to send?

-SK



On 7/9/2013 2:08 PM, tegger@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have a project that I need to be able to post a rather large XML
> file to a web service.
>
> I've looked around for an example to follow that will post the XML
> from the IFS and include some basic information on the actual POST.
> (In this particular case, I have to post strings that ID our system
> to the remote. Kinda of like a user ID/password).
>
> Has anyone tripped across a good example?