Re: [WebDNA] how can i grab the contents of a post?
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texte = Sorry to be late to the party on this response. A LONG time ago I had to = write an interface to talk to Ariba (a "Spend Management System"*) that = involved sending and receiving xml files via http requests.=20 Going thru my code i found we used [text]xmlRequest=3D[::params_string][/text] I don't remember the exact circumstances, but I'm about to be forced to.=20= For the project i'm working on this week I have to integrate to a new = payment processor that insists on using data mangled thru self written = encryption algorithm, and then squirted thru a SOAP interface. ("Just = use our PHP code." "no.") Brian. *If this phrase means nothing or just adds confusion to your brain, you = now understand they value they bring to standing in the middle of = corporate purchasers and vendors. On Jun 13, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Aaron Michael Kaczmarek wrote: > Windows server 2003 / iis 6 >=20 > On 6/13/11 12:09 PM, Olin Lagon wrote: >> Am running 6 on Linux. What platform are you using to get what you = have? That would make it possible to piece back the XML. >>=20 >> Am using an API from The Energy Detective (not published on their = site) which is a real time energy monitor. >>=20 >> Aaron Michael Kaczmarek wrote: >>> Could this potentially be a matter of webDNA version? =20 >>>=20 >>> I'm running 6 and am able to receive xml callbacks to a dna page = just fine; getting xml contents with formvariables. =20 >>>=20 >>> With formvariables, I get a single variable that is broken at the = first "=3D", so formvars returns this: >>> [name] =3D >> [value] =3D "1.0" encoding=3D"UTF-8"?>......and so on with the rest = of xml >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> what API are you working with by the way? >>>=20 >>> On 6/13/11 11:32 AM, Olin Lagon wrote: >>>> I had already written and tested the XML logic in webdna so to save = time I just wrote the following lines of PHP that grabbed the post = contents, assigned it to a form variable, and redirected it to a webdna = script for processing. The parse.tpl returns XML and this PHP script = sends it back to the requestor with the correct HTTP header. >>>>=20 >>>> >>> if ( $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] =3D=3D=3D 'POST' ){=20 >>>> $postText =3D file_get_contents('php://input');=20 >>>> } >>>> $content =3D = file_get_contents("http://www.kanuhawaii.org/ted/parse.tpl?thisxml=3D".url= encode($postText));=20 >>>> header("Content-type: text/xml"); >>>> echo $content; >>>> ?> >>>>=20 >>>> This could probably be collapsed to two lines but what I have above = works and it is good enough :) >>>>=20 >>>> >>> header("Content-type: text/xml"); >>>> echo = file_get_contents("http://yourserver/parse.tpl?thisxml=3D".urlencode(file_= get_contents('php://input')));=20 >>>> ?> >>>> =20 >>>>=20 >>>> Psi Prime Inc, Matthew A Perosi wrote: >>>>> Since I'm completely ignorant when it comes to PHP, what is the = code you used? =20 >>>>> Did you grab the incoming content, save it as a file then had = WebDNA trigger occasionally for the written file? >>>>>=20 >>>>> Matt
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Sorry to be late to the party on this response. A LONG time ago I had to = write an interface to talk to Ariba (a "Spend Management System"*) that = involved sending and receiving xml files via http requests.=20 Going thru my code i found we used
[text]xmlRequest=3D[::params_string][/text] I don't remember the exact circumstances, but I'm about to be forced to.=20= For the project i'm working on this week I have to integrate to a new = payment processor that insists on using data mangled thru self written = encryption algorithm, and then squirted thru a SOAP interface. ("Just = use our PHP code." "no.") Brian. *If this phrase means nothing or just adds confusion to your brain, you = now understand they value they bring to standing in the middle of = corporate purchasers and vendors. On Jun 13, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Aaron Michael Kaczmarek wrote: > Windows server 2003 / iis 6 >=20 > On 6/13/11 12:09 PM, Olin Lagon wrote: >> Am running 6 on Linux. What platform are you using to get what you = have? That would make it possible to piece back the XML. >>=20 >> Am using an API from The Energy Detective (not published on their = site) which is a real time energy monitor. >>=20 >> Aaron Michael Kaczmarek wrote: >>> Could this potentially be a matter of webDNA version? =20 >>>=20 >>> I'm running 6 and am able to receive xml callbacks to a dna page = just fine; getting xml contents with formvariables. =20 >>>=20 >>> With formvariables, I get a single variable that is broken at the = first "=3D", so formvars returns this: >>> [name] =3D >> [value] =3D "1.0" encoding=3D"UTF-8"?>......and so on with the rest = of xml >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> what API are you working with by the way? >>>=20 >>> On 6/13/11 11:32 AM, Olin Lagon wrote: >>>> I had already written and tested the XML logic in webdna so to save = time I just wrote the following lines of PHP that grabbed the post = contents, assigned it to a form variable, and redirected it to a webdna = script for processing. The parse.tpl returns XML and this PHP script = sends it back to the requestor with the correct HTTP header. >>>>=20 >>>> >>> if ( $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] =3D=3D=3D 'POST' ){=20 >>>> $postText =3D file_get_contents('php://input');=20 >>>> } >>>> $content =3D = file_get_contents("http://www.kanuhawaii.org/ted/parse.tpl?thisxml=3D".url= encode($postText));=20 >>>> header("Content-type: text/xml"); >>>> echo $content; >>>> ?> >>>>=20 >>>> This could probably be collapsed to two lines but what I have above = works and it is good enough :) >>>>=20 >>>> >>> header("Content-type: text/xml"); >>>> echo = file_get_contents("http://yourserver/parse.tpl?thisxml=3D".urlencode(file_= get_contents('php://input')));=20 >>>> ?> >>>> =20 >>>>=20 >>>> Psi Prime Inc, Matthew A Perosi wrote: >>>>> Since I'm completely ignorant when it comes to PHP, what is the = code you used? =20 >>>>> Did you grab the incoming content, save it as a file then had = WebDNA trigger occasionally for the written file? >>>>>=20 >>>>> Matt
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