MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61-CFML Reference page 802

Syntax
CF.http
({
method:"get or post",
url:"URL",
username:"username",
password:"password",
resolveurl:"yes or no",
params:arrayvar,
path:"path",
file:"filename"
})
Arguments
Arguments
method
url
username
password
resolveurl
params
802 Chapter 7: ColdFusion ActionScript Functions
Req/Opt Description
Required One of two arguments:
• get: downloads a text or binary file or creates a query from the
contents of a text file.
• post: sends information to the server page or CGI program for
processing. Requires the
Required The absolute URL of the host name or IP address of the server on
which the file resides. The URL must include the protocol (http or https)
and host name.
Optional When required by a server, a username.
Optional When required by a server, a password.
Optional For and
Get
• Yes or No. Default is No.
For GET and POST operations, if Yes, the page reference that is
returned into the Filecontent property has its internal URLs fully
resolved, including port number, so that links remain intact. The
following HTML tags, which can contain links, are resolved:
-
img src
-
a href
-
form action
-
applet code
-
script src
-
embed src
-
embed pluginspace
-
body background
-
frame src
-
bgsound src
-
object data
-
object classid
-
object codebase
-
object usemap
Optional HTTP parameters passed as an array of objects. Supports the
following parameter types:
• name
• type
• value
params are passed as an array of objects. The
CF.http
argument is required for POST operations.
params
methods.
Post
argument.
params