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Chapter 18
Interacting with Remote Servers
This chapter describes how ColdFusion wraps the complexity of Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP) and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) communications in a simplified tag
syntax that lets you easily extend your site's offerings across the Web.
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Using cfhttp to Interact with the Web.................................................................... 332
Using the cfhttp Get Method.................................................................................. 332
Creating a Query from a Text File........................................................................... 335
Using the cfhttp Post Method................................................................................. 337
Performing File Operations with cfftp................................................................... 341
Moving Complex Data Structures Across the Web with WDDX .......................... 345
Converting CFML Data to a JavaScript Object...................................................... 349
Transferring Data from Browser to Server............................................................. 350
Storing Complex Data in a String........................................................................... 353
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