User Guide
Using the cfhttp Post Method 337
Using the cfhttp Post Method
Use the Post method to send cookie, form field, CGI, URL, and file variables to a
specified ColdFusion page or CGI program for processing. For Post operations, you
must use the
cfhttpparam tag for each variable you want to post. The Post method
passes data to a specified ColdFusion page or an executable that interprets the
variables being sent and returns data.
For example, when you build an HTML form using the Post method, you specify the
name of the page to which form data is passed. You use the Post method in
cfhttp in
a similar way. However, with
cfhttp, the page that receives the Post does not, itself,
display anything.
To pass variables to a ColdFusion page:
1 Open a new file in ColdFusion Studio.
2 Modify the file so that it appears as follows:
<html>
<head>
<title>HTTP Post Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<H1>HTTP Post Test</H1>
<cfhttp method="Post"
url="http://127.0.0.1/myapps/server.cfm">
<cfhttpparam type="Cookie"
value="cookiemonster"
name="mycookie6">
<cfhttpparam type="CGI"
value="cgivar "
name="mycgi">
<cfhttpparam type="URL"
value="theurl"
name="myurl">
<cfhttpparam type="Formfield"
value="wbfreuh@macromedia.com"
name="emailaddress">
<cfhttpparam type="File"
name="myfile"
file="c:\testImage.gif">
</cfhttp>
<cfoutput>
File Content:<br>
#cfhttp.filecontent#<br>
<br>
Mime Type: #cfhttp.MimeType#<br>
</cfoutput>