Using POST with c4:NetConnect

[esmadja]

I am trying to send the following request using

POST http://ipaddress:port/keypress/home HTTP/1.1

This can easily be done through fiddler and I am able to control a Roku device with the above POST request.

What is the equivalent syntax

g_URLPacket = "/keypress/home"

c4:NetConnect(6001,port)

Or should the syntax be

g_URLPacket = "POST /keypress/home"

c4:NetConnect(6001,port)

Or is it something else to POST to be used instead of GET

Thanks,

[alanchow]

NetConnect will only connect to the server. Note that this can be any socket and is not limited to web servers.

SendToNetwork will send your string.

[esmadja]

Thanks for the reply.

Are you saying that only c4:SendToNetwork can send a POST (instead of an http GET) request?

The reason I ask is that the doc for NetConnect does say that after the connection is established, the g_URLPacket will be sent.

So would this work to send a POST request of /kepress/Home to the IP address which is bound to 6001 on port 8060?

c4:NetConnect(6001, 8060)

c4:SendToNetwork(6001,8060,"POST /keypress/Home")

NetConnect

C4:NetConnect(idBinding, nPort)

Function used to tell the system to make a connection. An established connection

can be validated through OnConnectionStatusChanged.

Returns

None

Parameters

idBinding - Binding ID of the network interface

nPort - Network port to connect to

Example

The following example comes from: [weatherbug.c4i]:

-- Connect to WeatherBug HTTP server. Once it's connected, the

g_URLPacket will be sent.C4:NetConnect(6001, 80)

NetConnect will only connect to the server. Note that this can be any socket and is not limited to web servers.

SendToNetwork will send your string.

[RyanE]

The 'raw' Control4 network functionality does *not* implement HTTP for you.

Calling C4:NetConnect is just saying 'make a connection to a server'. You still have to:

* Wait for the connection to be made (OnConnectionStatusChanged will indicate when it is connected / disconnected)

* Send the request (including full HTTP headers)

* Wait for the reply

In 2.2 and later, there are urlGet and urlPost methods, which *do* HTTP, as opposed to C4:NetConnect.

RyanE

[esmadja]

Thanks with your help I got it.

The 'raw' Control4 network functionality does *not* implement HTTP for you.

Calling C4:NetConnect is just saying 'make a connection to a server'. You still have to:

* Wait for the connection to be made (OnConnectionStatusChanged will indicate when it is connected / disconnected)

* Send the request (including full HTTP headers)

* Wait for the reply

In 2.2 and later, there are urlGet and urlPost methods, which *do* HTTP, as opposed to C4:NetConnect.

RyanE

[RyanE]

function PostData(strKey, strValue)

local postdata = strKey .. "=" .. strValue

local id = C4:urlPost("http://mywebsite.com/data/post/", postdata)

end

function ReceivedAsync(idTicket, strData)

print("Data received from server after post: " .. strData)

end

RyanE

[RyanE]

Sorry, at CEDIA. A bit late with the reply...

RyanE