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GetHttpRequestData
DescriptionMakes
HTTP request headers and body available to CFML pages. Useful for capturing
SOAP request data, which can be delivered in an HTTP header.
ReturnsA ColdFusion
structure.
Function syntaxGetHttpRequestData()
ReturnsThe
function returns a structure that contains the following entries:
Structure element
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Description
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content
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Raw content from form submitted by client,
in string or binary format. For content to be considered string
data, the FORM request header "CONTENT_TYPE" must start with "text/"
or be special case "application/x-www-form-urlencoded". Other types
are stored as a binary object.
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headers
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Structure that contains HTTP request headers
as value pairs. Includes custom headers, such as SOAP requests.
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method
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String that contains the CGI variable Request_Method.
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protocol
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String that contains the Server_Protocol
CGI variable.
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UsageTo determine
whether data is binary, use IsBinary(x.content).
To convert data to a string value, if it can be displayed as a string,
use ToString(x.content).
ExampleThe
following example shows how this function can return HTTP header
information.
<cfset x = GetHttpRequestData()>
<cfoutput>
<table cellpadding = "2" cellspacing = "2">
<tr>
<td><b>HTTP Request item</b></td>
<td><b>Value</b></td> </tr>
<cfloop collection = #x.headers# item = "http_item">
<tr>
<td>#http_item#</td>
<td>#StructFind(x.headers, http_item)#</td> </tr>
</cfloop>
<tr>
<td>request_method</td>
<td>#x.method#</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>server_protocol</td>
<td>#x.protocol#</td></tr>
</table>
<b>http_content --- #x.content#</b>
</cfoutput>
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