HTTP CLIENT and a web server

Hi,

I have a web server up and running but now I need to send HTTP REQUEST POST and response to it. Do I also need to setup a HTTP SERVER? Is there a difference between Rabbitweb and a HTTP CLIENT?

I need to RESPONSE to HTTP POST REQUEST with xml in its body. I would really appreciate your assistance. Thanks

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Are you connecting the rabbit by LAN?

If so, its pretty straight forward.

You open the connection on port 80 (do you know how to open TCP/IP ports
on the rabbit?)

You then send something like this (without the double quotes):

"GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:www.google.com\r\n\r\n"

The web server will then respond with its data, headers first, then the
web page HTML.

In the above, the "GET /" means get the root page of the site. If you
wanted to get a specific page and pass in arguments (GET args, not sure
how to pass in POST args), then you would do something like:

"GET /somefolder/somepage.php?arg1=test&arg2=test
HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:someserver.com\r\n\r\n"
To test this, on your PC you can open a command prompt, then type:

telnet google.com 80 + enter

The screen will go blank waiting for your input.

Type:
GET / HTTP/1.1 + enter
Host:www.google.com + enter + enter (yes, enter twice)

You will then see googles home page in a plain text format...

Hope this helps...

John Mc Murray
j...@softsmart.co.za
011 083 7085

SoftSmart.co.za / PHP-Web-Host.com
On 2012/05/10 16:06, Ty wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a web server up and running but now I need to send HTTP REQUEST
> POST and response to it. Do I also need to setup a HTTP SERVER? Is
> there a difference between Rabbitweb and a HTTP CLIENT?
>
> I need to RESPONSE to HTTP POST REQUEST with xml in its body. I would
> really appreciate your assistance. Thanks Start a New Thread

Thanks John. I am connecting to the rabbit by LAN and WAN. Your information was very valuable. I was thinking about opening up a tcpip socket to send HTTP POST and wait for HTTP REQUEST POST from user. Does it matter if its a LAN or WAN connection? Thanks

--- In r..., John Mc Murray wrote:
>
> Are you connecting the rabbit by LAN?
>
> If so, its pretty straight forward.
>
> You open the connection on port 80 (do you know how to open TCP/IP ports
> on the rabbit?)
>
> You then send something like this (without the double quotes):
>
> "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:www.google.com\r\n\r\n"
>
> The web server will then respond with its data, headers first, then the
> web page HTML.
>
> In the above, the "GET /" means get the root page of the site. If you
> wanted to get a specific page and pass in arguments (GET args, not sure
> how to pass in POST args), then you would do something like:
>
> "GET /somefolder/somepage.php?arg1=test&arg2=test
> HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:someserver.com\r\n\r\n"
> To test this, on your PC you can open a command prompt, then type:
>
> telnet google.com 80 + enter
>
> The screen will go blank waiting for your input.
>
> Type:
> GET / HTTP/1.1 + enter
> Host:www.google.com + enter + enter (yes, enter twice)
>
> You will then see googles home page in a plain text format...
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> John Mc Murray
> john@...
> 011 083 7085
>
> SoftSmart.co.za / PHP-Web-Host.com
> On 2012/05/10 16:06, Ty wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a web server up and running but now I need to send HTTP REQUEST
> > POST and response to it. Do I also need to setup a HTTP SERVER? Is
> > there a difference between Rabbitweb and a HTTP CLIENT?
> >
> > I need to RESPONSE to HTTP POST REQUEST with xml in its body. I would
> > really appreciate your assistance. Thanks
> >
>
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Hi Ty...

I really don't know much about networking, but it doesn't really matter
what the connection is as long as that connection can reach the web
server. I think you should just try it out and see. I usually start off
testing with google because if it doesn't work I'm pretty sure the
problem is on my end and not on Google's.

John Mc Murray
j...@softsmart.co.za
011 083 7085

SoftSmart.co.za / PHP-Web-Host.com
On 2012/05/10 18:10, Ty wrote:
>
> Thanks John. I am connecting to the rabbit by LAN and WAN. Your
> information was very valuable. I was thinking about opening up a tcpip
> socket to send HTTP POST and wait for HTTP REQUEST POST from user.
> Does it matter if its a LAN or WAN connection? Thanks
>
> --- In r...
> , John Mc Murray wrote:
> >
> > Are you connecting the rabbit by LAN?
> >
> > If so, its pretty straight forward.
> >
> > You open the connection on port 80 (do you know how to open TCP/IP
> ports
> > on the rabbit?)
> >
> > You then send something like this (without the double quotes):
> >
> > "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:www.google.com\r\n\r\n"
> >
> > The web server will then respond with its data, headers first, then the
> > web page HTML.
> >
> > In the above, the "GET /" means get the root page of the site. If you
> > wanted to get a specific page and pass in arguments (GET args, not sure
> > how to pass in POST args), then you would do something like:
> >
> > "GET /somefolder/somepage.php?arg1=test&arg2=test
> > HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:someserver.com\r\n\r\n"
> >
> >
> > To test this, on your PC you can open a command prompt, then type:
> >
> > telnet google.com 80 + enter
> >
> > The screen will go blank waiting for your input.
> >
> > Type:
> > GET / HTTP/1.1 + enter
> > Host:www.google.com + enter + enter (yes, enter twice)
> >
> > You will then see googles home page in a plain text format...
> >
> > Hope this helps...
> >
> > John Mc Murray
> > john@...
> > 011 083 7085
> >
> > SoftSmart.co.za / PHP-Web-Host.com
> >
> >
> > On 2012/05/10 16:06, Ty wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a web server up and running but now I need to send HTTP
> REQUEST
> > > POST and response to it. Do I also need to setup a HTTP SERVER? Is
> > > there a difference between Rabbitweb and a HTTP CLIENT?
> > >
> > > I need to RESPONSE to HTTP POST REQUEST with xml in its body. I would
> > > really appreciate your assistance. Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > Start a New Thread