About AspHTTP

AspHTTP allows you to GET/POST/HEAD documents using the HTTP protocol. Key features include:

• GET, HEAD and POST request methods
• Response headers are exposed
• Accept headers are modifiable
• Adjustable timeout
• Proxy support
• Custom User-Agent headers
• Custom Content-Type headers for POST
• Redirection
• Supports authentication areas
• Retrieves URLs to a file including binary files
• Allows custom HTTP request headers

Sample AspHTTP Code

Using the component is as simple as:

• Creating the object
• Setting a single property
• Calling the GetURL method

The following code demonstrates how to use AspHTTP from VBScript.

Set HttpObj = Server.CreateObject("AspHTTP.Conn")
HTTPObj.Url = "http://www.myfinancialpage.com/qrtresults.html"
strResult = HTTPObj.GetURL

The variable strResult now contains a string representing the document results from a GET of http://www.myfinancialpage.com/qrtresults.html.

POSTing Data

AspHTTP allows you to post data back to the Web server. The following example demonstrates a POST request:

Set HttpObj = Server.CreateObject("AspHTTP.Conn")
HTTPObj.Url = "http://www.myfinancialpage.com/scripts/update3.asp"
HTTPObj.PostData = "suid=jimb&pwd=macabre&id=32&val=1.5"
HTTPObj.RequestMethod = "POST"
strResult = HTTPObj.GetURL

The variable named strResult now contains a string representing the document results from a POST to

http://www.myfinancialpage.com/scripts/update3.asp.

For full documentation and more examples of using AspHTTP, please visit Serverobjects.com