Is there any http client on Switch 12?

alanoliveira · Post by **alanoliveira** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:02 pm

Hi everyone!

Is there any way to make a http request in Switch 12 installed on a Windows 7 machine?

I have two scenarios I would like to use an http client to solve my problem.

In first one I would use a HTTP GET as a Producer.

In second I would like to make a POST with results.

The web application is out of my control, so I can't implement a SOAP webservice.

Thank you!

dkelly · Post by **dkelly** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:11 pm

The only built-in HTTP functionality in Switch 12 is GET, Javascript function s.download(). You can use an external process such as cURL to implement other HTTP operations like PUT, POST, DELETE, etc.

gabrielp · Post by **gabrielp** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 2:33 am

dkelly wrote: You can use an external process such as cURL to implement other HTTP operations like PUT, POST, DELETE, etc.
That's what I do and it works really well.

alanoliveira · Post by **alanoliveira** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 1:57 pm

Thank you guys!

I didn't know s.download() function, It solves a half of my problem, so i'll have to install curl to use as an external process.

Thanks again

pcobee · Post by **pcobee** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:04 pm

I use Microsofts XMLHTTP object in a Script for this all the time - mostly to retrieve graphics files from a remote service. You can implement GET, POST or SOAP with it. Works great.