I want to submit an HTTP request to a site but the site needs to think it's
being POSTed from a form. How do I do that?

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Ken Hunt
678-644-6036

"KC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:(E-Mail Removed):
> I want to submit an HTTP request to a site but the site needs to think it's
> being POSTed from a form. How do I do that?

http://www.indyproject.org/

www.atozed.com/indy has an HTTP demo. It shows GET, but POST is just another
method with similar arguments.


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"Programming is an art form that fights back"

Empower ASP.NET with IntraWeb
http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb/

Imports System.Net

Module Module1

Sub Main()
Dim request As HttpWebRequest =
HttpWebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com")
Dim response As HttpWebResponse
Dim postData As String = "q" & ChrW(61) & "Sample Criteria"
Dim bytes As Byte() = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(postData)
Dim output As IO.Stream

request.Method = "POST"
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
request.ContentLength = postData.Length

output = request.GetRequestStream()
output.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
output.Close()

End Sub

End Module


"KC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I want to submit an HTTP request to a site but the site needs to think it's
> being POSTed from a form. How do I do that?
>
> --
>
> --------
> Ken Hunt
> 678-644-6036
>
>

Many thanks!

Ken

P.S. I'm still in the beat-your-head-against-the-wall-to-do-simple-things
stage.


"Mythran" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Imports System.Net
>
> Module Module1
>
> Sub Main()
> Dim request As HttpWebRequest =
> HttpWebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com")
> Dim response As HttpWebResponse
> Dim postData As String = "q" & ChrW(61) & "Sample Criteria"
> Dim bytes As Byte() =
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(postData)
> Dim output As IO.Stream
>
> request.Method = "POST"
> request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
> request.ContentLength = postData.Length
>
> output = request.GetRequestStream()
> output.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
> output.Close()
>
> End Sub
>
> End Module
>
>
> "KC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I want to submit an HTTP request to a site but the site needs to think
it's
> > being POSTed from a form. How do I do that?
> >
> > --
> >
> > --------
> > Ken Hunt
> > 678-644-6036
> >
> >
>
>