[RESOLVED] POST XML Example

coders4hire

I want to post XML data to an API and then read the response.

Could anybody point me to an example or show me the equivalent of this ASP code? Thanks!

Set objXMLHttp = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.3.0")
objXMLHttp.open "POST", strAPIUrl, false

' Post the XML body
objXMLHttp.setRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
objXMLHttp.send ("qf=xml&xml=" & Server.URLEncode(strRequestXML))

If objXMLHttp.Status <> 200 Then
errMessage = "Error"
End If

Response

If objXMLHttp.status = 200 Then
Set objResponseXML = objXMLHttp.responseXML

Thanks!

LoganK

That looks like a form of XMLHttpRequest() in VBscript...I can show you how to do it in JavaScript (i.e., AJAX), but through PHP you'll need to take a look at the cURL library.

coders4hire

I need to do it in PHP so that the response can be parsed and logic can be sorted out.

LoganK

Allright, then like I said, you'll need to take a look at the cURL library. I can't give you any more help with it because it involves sockets, and opening ports, and blah blah other networking terms which confuse me 😃

coders4hire

I took a look at the cURL library and 'could' use it. However, I'd like to distribute my page to clients. Asking them to install libcURL on their servers is a bit too much.

There's really no way within PHP to post and receive data to an address? In this day and age of APIs and RPCs?

LoganK

I don't know of any other way. As far as I knew, the cURL library is an API/RPC for PHP to communicate across different protocols. I'm sure if there is another way, a more experienced board member here would know about it.

coders4hire

I believe I found a solution that will work. I just have to make some major modifications to the class.

http://www.xml-rpc.com/

Doug

LoganK

Glad it worked out! Remember to mark this thread as resolved if you feel it is!