POST Method

The POST Method

The POST method is used by the browser to send, or POST, larger amounts of data to the server and create or update an existing resource. This additional data is added to the Message Body in the Request Message. A POST Request Message uses the same format as other Request Messages, replacing the Request Method in the Request Line with "POST" as shown below:

POST  WebAddress  HTTP-Version

The POST method requires the Content-type and Content-length Request Headers which let the server know the media type and length of the Request Message Body. The Content-type Request Header is set automatically when using the SetBodyAsFormEncodedData() action, which will be discussed in the next tutorial.

In order to use the POST method type with Quorum we will have to use the "Libraries.Network.NetworkRequest" library. We will then create a NetworkRequestType "type" which we will set to POST as shown below:

use Libraries.Network.NetworkRequest
use Libraries.Network.NetworkRequestType

class Main
   action Main
        //creates a NetworkRequestType object "type"and sets "type" to
        //the POST method
       NetworkRequestType type
       type:SetToPost()

We will then create a NetworkRequest object "request" and set its RequestType to "type" (POST):

        //creates a NetworkRequest object "request" and uses "type"
        //(which is already set to POST) as the parameter in
        //SetRequestType()
       NetworkRequest request
       request:SetRequestType(type)

Here is the complete code section to set the RequestType to POST and then return the RequestType as output to the screen:

use Libraries.Network.NetworkRequest
use Libraries.Network.NetworkRequestType

class Main
   action Main
       NetworkRequest request
       NetworkRequestType type
       type:SetToPost()
       request:SetRequestType(type)
       output request:GetRequestType()
   end
end

The output should look like this letting us know that our NetworkRequestType (method) is set to POST:

POST

Next Tutorial

In the next tutorial, we will discuss Setting the Request Message Body, which describes an introduction to setting the request message body using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)..