Chapter 2: The Http Api; How The Http Api Works - MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8-DREAMWEAVER API Reference

CHAPTER 2
The HTTP API
Extensions are not limited to working within the local file system. Macromedia
Dreamweaver 8 provides a mechanism to get information from and send information to a
web server by using hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). This chapter describes the HTTP
API and how to use it.

How the HTTP API works

All functions in the HTTP API are methods of the
take a URL as an argument, and most return an object. The default port for URL arguments
is 80. To specify a port other than 80, append a colon and the port number to the URL, as
shown in the following example:
MMHttp.getText("http://www.myserver.com:8025");
For functions that return an object, the object has two properties:
The property indicates the status of the operation; possible values include, but
statusCode
are not limited to, the following values:
200: Status OK
400: Unintelligible request
404: Requested URL not found
405: Server does not support requested method
500: Unknown server error
503: Server capacity reached
For a comprehensive list of status codes for your server, check with your Internet service
provider or system administrator.
The value of the property varies according to the function; possible values are specified
data
in the individual function listings.
object. Most of these functions
MMHttp
statusCode
2
and .
data
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