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HTTPGet(u)

Last updated November 11, 2002

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Version: 1 | Requires: ColdFusion 5 | Library: NetLib

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Description:
UDF equivelant of <CFHTTP>, pass it a URL and it'll return the stream. Does not support passing parameters or fields. Requires a complete URL with the protocol (the http://).

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

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<cfset page = HTTPGet("http://www.macromedia.com")>
<cfset page = HTMLEditFormat(page)>
Here is a portion of the HTML:
<p>
<cfloop index="x" from=1 to=5>
    <cfset line = listGetAt(page,x,chr(10))>
    <cfoutput>#line#<br></cfoutput>
</cfloop>

<cfset page = HTTPGet("http://www.macromedia.com")>
<cfset page = HTMLEditFormat(page)>
Here is a portion of the HTML:
<p>
<cfloop index="x" from=1 to=5>
<cfset line = listGetAt(page,x,chr(10))>
<cfoutput>#line#<br></cfoutput>
</cfloop>

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required
u	The URL to fetch.	Yes

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			<cfscript>
/**
 * UDF equivelant of &lt;CFHTTP&gt;
 * 
 * @param u 	 The URL to fetch. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Ben Forta (&#98;&#101;&#110;&#64;&#102;&#111;&#114;&#116;&#97;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;) 
 * @version 1, November 11, 2002 
 */
function HTTPGet(u) {
   // Variables
   var urlclass="";
   var page="";
   var stream="";
   var c="";
   var output="";
   
   // Init class
   urlclass=CreateObject("java", "java.net.URL");

   // Get page
   page=urlclass.init(u);

   // Get stream
   stream=page.getContent();
	
   // Display it
   for (c=stream.read(); c GT 0; c=stream.read())
   {
      output=output&chr(c);
   }

   // don't forget this part
   stream.close();
   
   return output;
}
</cfscript>
		<cfscript>
/**
 * UDF equivelant of &lt;CFHTTP&gt;
 * 
 * @param u      The URL to fetch. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Ben Forta (ben@forta.com) 
 * @version 1, November 11, 2002 
 */
function HTTPGet(u) {
   // Variables
   var urlclass="";
   var page="";
   var stream="";
   var c="";
   var output="";
   
   // Init class
   urlclass=CreateObject("java", "java.net.URL");

   // Get page
   page=urlclass.init(u);

   // Get stream
   stream=page.getContent();
    
   // Display it
   for (c=stream.read(); c GT 0; c=stream.read())
   {
      output=output&chr(c);
   }

   // don't forget this part
   stream.close();
   
   return output;
}
</cfscript>