User Guide

C HAPTER 15
Chapter 15 Interacting with Remote Servers
This chapter describes how ColdFusion wraps the complexity of Hypertext Transfer
Protocol communications in a simplified tag syntax that allows you to easily extend
your site’s offerings across the Web.
Contents
• Using CFHTTP to Interact with the Web ...................................................... 232
• Using the CFHTTP Get Method .................................................................... 232
• Creating a Query from a Text File.................................................................. 234
• Using the CFHTTP Post Method................................................................... 236
• Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with CFHTTP ......................................... 238
• Performing File Operations with CFFTP ...................................................... 239
• Moving Complex Data Structures Across the Web with WDDX ................. 241
• An Overview of Distributed Data for the Web.............................................. 242
• WDDX Components ...................................................................................... 242
• Working With Application-Level Data.......................................................... 243
• Data Exchange Across Application Servers.................................................. 243
• How WDDX Works ......................................................................................... 244
• Converting CFML Data to a JavaScript Object............................................. 245
• Transferring Data From Browser to Server................................................... 246