has anyone successfully used HttpWebRequest or WebClient class to simulate
submission of a simple HTML form?
for example: a very simple plain-vanilla form with a textbox and a button.
when the button is clicked the form is submitted with the textbox contents.
could you please post some sample code? thanks.
Nov 18 '05
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"Joerg Jooss" <jo*********@gm x.net> wrote in message
news:uf******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... John A Grandy wrote: very interesting ....
unfortunately, i'm in a stickier situation than communicating with a
public-facing website. [...] i can't disclose the actual url -- but its similar to
"https://www.somecompany .com:5555/someservice.asm x/somefunction"
... so apparently the web-server is hosting a .net web-service.
Yes.
i tried your method. i constructed using the data-string
successfully used in the Java applet :
postData = "myTextArea=dat aString";
encodingName = "utf-8";
request.GetResp onse();
triggered a runtime error : "500 : internal server error"
do you think the problem might be with encodingName? what do you
think good possibilities are ?
or could the problem be in some other area ?
I guess the whole approrach could be wrong then. My sample code showed a
programmatic web form submission, but you probably need a SOAP client.
Actually, if it is a "proper" Web Service, VS .NET should be able to
generate the necessary client-side code for you. The test code you've
posted doesn't fit into the picture at all, though.
I guess you'll need to talk to the Web Service guys to find out what
requests their web service can handle.
Cheers,
--
Joerg Jooss
jo*********@gmx .net
are the web.config <webServices> settings related to successfully posting to
a remote web-service ?
or do these settings only relate to the hosting of web-services of
web-servers ... ?
for example, by default , the HttpPost setting is not present in web.config
.....
web.config file
<webServices>
<protocols>
<add name="HttpPost" />
</protocols>
</webServices>
"Joerg Jooss" <jo*********@gm x.net> wrote in message
news:uf******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... John A Grandy wrote: very interesting ....
unfortunately, i'm in a stickier situation than communicating with a
public-facing website. [...] i can't disclose the actual url -- but its similar to
"https://www.somecompany .com:5555/someservice.asm x/somefunction"
... so apparently the web-server is hosting a .net web-service.
Yes.
i tried your method. i constructed using the data-string
successfully used in the Java applet :
postData = "myTextArea=dat aString";
encodingName = "utf-8";
request.GetResp onse();
triggered a runtime error : "500 : internal server error"
do you think the problem might be with encodingName? what do you
think good possibilities are ?
or could the problem be in some other area ?
I guess the whole approrach could be wrong then. My sample code showed a
programmatic web form submission, but you probably need a SOAP client.
Actually, if it is a "proper" Web Service, VS .NET should be able to
generate the necessary client-side code for you. The test code you've
posted doesn't fit into the picture at all, though.
I guess you'll need to talk to the Web Service guys to find out what
requests their web service can handle.
Cheers,
--
Joerg Jooss
jo*********@gmx .net
John A Grandy wrote: are the web.config <webServices> settings related to successfully
posting to a remote web-service ?
or do these settings only relate to the hosting of web-services of
web-servers ... ?
for example, by default , the HttpPost setting is not present in
web.config ....
web.config file
<webServices>
<protocols>
<add name="HttpPost" />
</protocols>
</webServices>
You're right, these lines control whether an ASP.NET based web service
accepts "pure" (non SOAP) requests. The line <add name="httPost"/> should
enable posting. Note this is *disabled* in ASP.NET 1.1 by default.
Cheers,
--
Joerg Jooss jo*********@gmx .net
so, for my purposes of communicating with a remote web service (hosted by a
commercial company) ...
it is *their* responsibility to make sure that their web.config (or
machine.config) is properly setup to accept HTTPPost requests ... ?
"Joerg Jooss" <jo*********@gm x.net> wrote in message
news:eL******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P12.phx.gbl... John A Grandy wrote: are the web.config <webServices> settings related to successfully
posting to a remote web-service ?
or do these settings only relate to the hosting of web-services of
web-servers ... ?
for example, by default , the HttpPost setting is not present in
web.config ....
web.config file
<webServices>
<protocols>
<add name="HttpPost" />
</protocols>
</webServices>
You're right, these lines control whether an ASP.NET based web service
accepts "pure" (non SOAP) requests. The line <add name="httPost"/> should
enable posting. Note this is *disabled* in ASP.NET 1.1 by default.
Cheers,
--
Joerg Jooss
jo*********@gmx .net
John A Grandy wrote: so, for my purposes of communicating with a remote web service
(hosted by a commercial company) ...
it is *their* responsibility to make sure that their web.config (or
machine.config) is properly setup to accept HTTPPost requests ... ?
*Technically* yes.
But in the end, this is decision between business partners ("We want POST!"
"We have SOAP!") and of course of IT security. If I was concerned: They
offer the service, they make they rules, and they need to tell you what you
can do and what you should do.
Cheers,
--
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