HttpRequest Classic ASP Reference Documentation
HttpRequest
Current Version: 11.6.0
Chilkat.HttpRequest
Build an HTTP request object with the method, path, version, headers,
parameters, and body settings required by the target endpoint.
Add name/value parameters for form posts and API requests that expect
structured form data.
Set request headers such as content type, accept headers, authorization
headers, or application-specific metadata.
Provide body content for POST, PUT, PATCH, or other methods that send
data to a server.
Construct multipart/form-data requests, attach file parts, or stream a
file as the request body when the API requires upload content.
Generate a textual representation of the request to inspect headers,
paths, parameters, body structure, and upload formatting before sending.
For an extended overview, see
HttpRequest Class Overview.
Build structured HTTP requests for use with Chilkat.Http.
Chilkat.HttpRequest is a helper class for constructing HTTP
requests that are sent by Chilkat.Http. It does not perform
network communication on its own. Instead, it provides structured control
over the request method, HTTP version, path, headers, query parameters,
form parameters, content type, request body, multipart uploads, streamed
file bodies, and diagnostic request generation.
Request construction
Form parameters
Custom headers
Request bodies
Multipart and file uploads
Diagnostics
HttpRequest, set the HTTP method and path, add any
headers, parameters, body data, or file parts, then pass the request object
to the appropriate Chilkat.Http method for sending. Use
HttpRequest for structured or multipart requests; use simpler
Http methods directly when only a basic GET, POST, upload, or
download is needed.
Object Creation
set httpRequest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest")
' ... use httpRequest ...
set httpRequest = NothingClassic ASP creates Chilkat objects with Server.CreateObject. The registered Chilkat ActiveX must match the bitness of the IIS application pool: a pool with Enable 32-Bit Applications set to True needs the 32-bit ActiveX, otherwise the 64-bit ActiveX. To bind to a specific major version of Chilkat, append the major version number to the ProgID, such as Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest.11") for Chilkat v11.*.*.
VBScript requires set when assigning an object, so the signatures on this page show set x = obj.Method(...) for methods that return a Chilkat object; test the result with Is Nothing, since a method that fails to return an object returns Nothing. A method with no return value is called as a statement without parentheses (obj.Method arg1, arg2). Boolean properties, arguments and return values are integers in the ActiveX: pass 1 or 0, and test success with = 1. Byte arrays are Variant arrays and can be sent with Response.BinaryWrite. Asynchronous (*Async) methods and event callbacks are not used from Classic ASP.
Properties
Boundary
Sets an explicit boundary string to be used in multipart/form-data requests. If no Boundary is set, then a boundary string is automaticaly generated as needed during the sending of a request.
Charset
Controls the character encoding used in the URL encoding of query params. The default value of this propoerty is utf-8.
ContentType
The ContentType property sets the Content-Type header field, and identifies the content-type of the HTTP request body. Common values are:
If ContentType is set equal to the empty string, then no Content-Type header is included in the HTTP request.application/x-www-form-urlencoded multipart/form-data application/json application/xml
DebugLogFilePath
If set to a file path, this property logs the LastErrorText of each Chilkat method or property call to the specified file. This logging helps identify the context and history of Chilkat calls leading up to any crash or hang, aiding in debugging.
Enabling the VerboseLogging property provides more detailed information. This property is mainly used for debugging rare instances where a Chilkat method call causes a hang or crash, which should generally not happen.
Possible causes of hangs include:
- A timeout property set to 0, indicating an infinite timeout.
- A hang occurring within an event callback in the application code.
- An internal bug in the Chilkat code causing the hang.
EntireHeader
Composes and returns the entire MIME header of the HTTP request.
topHttpVerb
The HttpVerb property should be set to the name of the HTTP method that appears on the start line of an HTTP request, such as GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc. It is also possible to use the various WebDav verbs such as PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK, etc. In general, the HttpVerb may be set to anything, even custom verbs recognized by a custom server-side app.
HttpVersion
The HTTP version in the request header. Defaults to 1.1. Can only be set to 1.0 or 1.1.
LastBinaryResult
This property is mainly used in SQL Server stored procedures to retrieve binary data from the last method call that returned binary data. It is only accessible if Chilkat.Global.KeepBinaryResult is set to 1. This feature allows for the retrieval of large varbinary results in an SQL Server environment, which has restrictions on returning large data via method calls, though temp tables can handle binary properties.
LastErrorHtml
Provides HTML-formatted information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.
topLastErrorText
Provides plain text information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.
LastErrorXml
Provides XML-formatted information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.
topLastMethodSuccess
Indicates the success or failure of the most recent method call: 1 means success, 0 means failure. This property remains unchanged by property setters or getters. This method is present to address challenges in checking for null or Nothing returns in certain programming languages. Note: This property does not apply to methods that return integer values or to boolean-returning methods where the boolean does not indicate success or failure.
LastStringResult
In SQL Server stored procedures, this property holds the string return value of the most recent method call that returns a string. It is accessible only when Chilkat.Global.KeepStringResult is set to TRUE. SQL Server has limitations on string lengths returned from methods and properties, but temp tables can be used to access large strings.
LastStringResultLen
The length, in characters, of the string contained in the LastStringResult property.
topNumHeaderFields
Returns the number of request header fields.
topNumParams
Path
The path of the resource requested. A path of / indicates the default document of a domain.
Explaining the Parts of a URL
http://example.com:8042/over/there?name=ferret#nose \__/ \______________/\_________/ \________/ \__/ | | | | | scheme domain+port path query fragment
This property should be set to the path part of the URL. You may also include the query part in this property value. If the Content-Type of the request is NOT application/x-www-form-urlencoded, then you would definitely want to include query parameters in the path. If the Content-Type of the request IS application/x-www-form-urlencoded, the query parameters are passed in the body of the request. It is also possible to pass some query parameters via the path, and some in the body of a application/x-www-form-urlencoded request, but you shouldn't include the same parameter in both places. You would never need to include the fragment part. The fragment is nothing more than an instruction for a browser to automatically navigate to a particular location in the HTML page (assuming the request returns HTML, otherwise a fragment makes no sense).
SendCharset
Controls whether the charset is explicitly included in the content-type header field of the HTTP POST request. The default value of this property is 0.
VerboseLogging
If set to 1, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is 0. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.
Version
Methods
AddBdForUpload
Adds a file to an upload request where the contents of the file come from byteData.
name is an arbitrary name. (In HTML, it is the form field name of the input tag.)
remoteFilename is the name of the file to be created on the HTTP server.
byteData contains the bytes to be uploaded.
contentType contains is the value of the Content-Type header. An empty string may be passed to allow Chilkat to automatically determine the Content-Type based on the filename extension.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
AddBytesForUpload
Adds a file to an upload request where the contents of the file come from an in-memory byte array. To create a file upload request, set the ContentType property = multipart/form-data and then call AddBytesForUpload, AddStringForUpload, or AddFileForUpload for each file to be uploaded.
name is an arbitrary name. (In HTML, it is the form field name of the input tag.)
remoteFileName is the name of the file to be created on the HTTP server.
byteData contains the contents (bytes) to be uploaded.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
topAddBytesForUpload2
Same as AddBytesForUpload, but allows the Content-Type header field to be directly specified. (Otherwise, the Content-Type header is automatically determined based on the remoteFileName's file extension.)
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
topAddFileForUpload
Adds a file to an upload request. To create a file upload request, set the ContentType property = multipart/form-data and then call AddFileForUpload, AddBytesForUpload, or AddStringForUpload for each file to be uploaded. This method does not read the file into memory. When the upload occurs, the data is streamed directly from the file, thus allowing for very large files to be uploaded without consuming large amounts of memory.
name is an arbitrary name. (In HTML, it is the form field name of the input tag.)
filePath is the path to an existing file in the local filesystem.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
AddFileForUpload2
Same as AddFileForUpload, but allows the Content-Type header field to be directly specified. (Otherwise, the Content-Type header is automatically determined based on the file extension.)
name is an arbitrary name. (In HTML, it is the form field name of the input tag.)
filePath is the path to an existing file in the local filesystem.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
AddHeader
Adds a request header to the HTTP request. If a header having the same field name is already present, this method replaces it.
Note: Never explicitly set the Content-Length header field. Chilkat will automatically compute the correct length and add the Content-Length header to all POST, PUT, or any other request where the Content-Length needs to be specified. (GET requests always have a 0 length body, and therefore never need a Content-Length header field.)
AddMwsSignature
Computes the Amazon MWS signature using the mwsSecretKey and adds the Signature parameter to the request. This method should be called for all Amazon Marketplace Web Service (Amazon MWS) HTTP requests. It should be called after all request parameters have been added.
Important: The Chilkat v9.5.0.75 release accidentally breaks Amazon MWS (not AWS) authentication. If you need MWS with 9.5.0.75, send email to support@chilkatsoft.com for a hotfix, or revert back to v9.5.0.73, or update to a version after 9.5.0.75.
The domain should be the domain of the request, such as one of the following:
- mws.amazonservices.com
- mws-eu.amazonservices.com
- mws.amazonservices.in
- mws.amazonservices.com.cn
- mws.amazonservices.jp
Note: This method automatically adds or replaces the existing Timestamp parameter to the current system date/time.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
AddParam
Adds a request query parameter (name/value pair) to the HTTP request. The name and value strings passed to this method should not be URL encoded.
AddStringForUpload
Same as AddFileForUpload, but the upload data comes from an in-memory string instead of a file.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
AddStringForUpload2
Same as AddStringForUpload, but allows the Content-Type header field to be directly specified. (Otherwise, the Content-Type header is automatically determined based on the filename's file extension.)
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
AddSubHeader
Adds a request header to the Nth sub-header of the HTTP request. If a header having the same field name is already present, this method replaces it.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
topGenerateRequestFile
The same as GenerateRequestText, except the generated request is written to the file specified by path.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
GenerateRequestText
Returns the request text that would be sent if Http.SynchronousRequest was called.
Returns Nothing on failure
GetHeaderField
GetHeaderName
Returns the Nth request header field name. Indexing begins at 0, and the number of request header fields is specified by the NumHeaderFields property.
Returns Nothing on failure
GetHeaderValue
Returns the Nth request header field value. Indexing begins at 0, and the number of request header fields is specified by the NumHeaderFields property.
Returns Nothing on failure
GetParam
GetParamName
Returns the Nth request query parameter field name. Indexing begins at 0, and the number of request query parameter fields is specified by the NumParams property.
Returns Nothing on failure
GetParamValue
Returns the Nth request query parameter field value. Indexing begins at 0, and the number of request query parameter fields is specified by the NumParams property.
Returns Nothing on failure
GetUrlEncodedParams
Returns the request parameters in URL encoded form (i.e. in the exact form that would be sent if the ContentType property was application/x-www-form-urlencoded). For example, if a request has two params: param1=abc 123 and param2=abc-123, then GetUrlEncodedParams would return abc+123¶m2=abc%2D123
Returns Nothing on failure
LoadBodyFromBd
Uses the contents of the requestBody as the HTTP request body.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
topLoadBodyFromBytes
The HTTP protocol is such that all HTTP requests are MIME. For non-multipart requests, this method may be called to set the MIME body of the HTTP request to the exact contents of the byteData.
Note: A non-multipart HTTP request consists of (1) the HTTP start line, (2) MIME header fields, and (3) the MIME body. This method sets the MIME body.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
topLoadBodyFromFile
The HTTP protocol is such that all HTTP requests are MIME. For non-multipart requests, this method may be called to set the MIME body of the HTTP request to the exact contents of filePath.
Note: A non-multipart HTTP request consists of (1) the HTTP start line, (2) MIME header fields, and (3) the MIME body. This method sets the MIME body.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
topLoadBodyFromSb
Uses the contents of the requestBody as the HTTP request body. The charset indicates the binary representation of the string, such as utf-8, utf-16, iso-8859-*, windows-125*, etc. Any of the character encodings supported at the link below are valid.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
LoadBodyFromString
The HTTP protocol is such that all HTTP requests are MIME. For non-multipart requests, this method may be called to set the MIME body of the HTTP request to the exact contents of bodyStr.
Note: A non-multipart HTTP request consists of (1) the HTTP start line, (2) MIME header fields, and (3) the MIME body. This method sets the MIME body.
charset indicates the charset, such as utf-8 or iso-8859-1, to be used. The HTTP body will contain the bodyStr converted to this character encoding.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
RemoveAllParams
RemoveHeader
Removes all occurrences of a HTTP request header field. Always returns 1.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
topRemoveParam
SetFromUrl
Parses a URL and sets the Path and query parameters (NumParams, GetParam, GetParamName, GetParamValue).
StreamBodyFromFile
Useful for sending HTTP requests where the body is a very large file. For example, to send an XML HttpRequest containing a very large XML document, one would set the HttpVerb = POST, the ContentType = text/xml, and then call StreamBodyFromFile to indicate that the XML body of the request is to be streamed directly from a file. When the HTTP request is actually sent, the body is streamed directly from the file, and thus the file never needs to be loaded in its entirety in memory.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
StreamChunkFromFile
This method is the same as StreamBodyFromFile, but allows for an offset and number of bytes to be specified. The offset and numBytes are integers passed as strings.
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
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