how to retrieve xml data from a remote server

iamjoe · #1 September 16th, 2008, 08:20 PM

I have a simple form that i need to post some data to...

A customer will enter an upgrade id into a form on my server (SERVER-A) and I need to post that form to SERVER-B

Here is my url that I need to hit
https://SERVER-B.COM/webservice/upgrade/v1/registration.php?region=WSTSWPU8&upgid=F0A0B0L250V T&upgpkgid=A2T0DGYTERD0&mode=0

If I load the SERVER-B url into a browser on it's own it will return this...

<response>
<code>609</code>
</response>

I need to grab/manipulate the <code> tag.

I am savy with asp but have not used xml all that much. As I understand it now I cannot use xmlhttp request to get data from an outside server or a server other than my own.

I'm stuck with something that must have been dealt to by someone smarter than I.
Thanks

jhardman · #2 September 18th, 2008, 03:41 PM

try this:

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 <%

set objHttp = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP")

objHTTP.Open "GET", "http://www.mysite.com", false

objHTTP.Send

Response.Write objHTTP.ResponseText

%>

let me know if this helps.

Jared

KalleMOD · #3 September 23rd, 2008, 08:11 AM

You can also use the WinHttpRequest object to retrieve the data from SERVER-B but then I guess you will be stuck with the same problem that I currently have (see http://bytes.com/forum/thread836732.html).

The WinHttpRequest object works a bit like the msxml2 object:

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 <%set objWinHttp = Server.createObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")

objWinHttp.open "POST", SERVER-B-URL

content = FORM-DATA

call objWinHttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

call objWinHttp.setRequestHeader("Content-length", len(content))

objWinHttp.send(content)

%>

Then you can get the response from the property objWinHttp.responseText

From there on I'm stuck with the xml/html-DOM manipulation server-side, therefore I will keep an eye on this thread :)

/KalleMOD

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