Non-standard HTTP Post

Classic Servoy
1

Hi,

I need to use a HTTP Post like described below:

// Attention: This is not Javascript / Servoy script. This is probably VB .Net

Dim request As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create("https://start.exactonline.nl/docs/XMLDivisions.aspx"), HttpWebRequest)
Dim bFormData As Byte() = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("_UserName_=xxx&_Password_=yyy")

request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
request.Method = "POST"
request.AllowWriteStreamBuffering = True

Dim reqStream As Stream = request.GetRequestStream()
reqStream.Write(bFormData, 0, bFormData.Length)
reqStream.Close()

Dim response As HttpWebResponse = CType(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)

If response.StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK AndAlso _
StrComp(response.ResponseUri.AbsoluteUri, "https://start.exactonline.nl/docs/XMLDivisions.aspx", CompareMethod.Text) = 0 Then
   'Login succeeded
Else
  'Access denied
End If

The standard Servoy HTTP-Plugin can not handle this, because one of reasons is the request.ContentType = “application/x-www-form-urlencoded”
This has been confirmed by Servoy Support.

Is there anyone who faced the same problem and found a solution to implement a post like this?

Martin

2

Hello Martin,

have you solved this issue?

I have to do the same and I would preffer to not reinvent the wheel. :D

Thanks!
Gabriel - Iulian Dumbrava

3

No this problem has never been solved.
We will try this later with Servoy 5.1 or even 5.2, but at the moment we don’t have resources to do this.

4

martinh:
No this problem has never been solved.
We will try this later with Servoy 5.1 or even 5.2, but at the moment we don’t have resources to do this.

In Servoy 5 we have poster.addHeader so content type can be specified. So, this should work now.