Correct way to use HTTP POST

[raj8nokiaforum]

Hello,

I have two urls. The first one is something like

http://10.10.10.10/page1.php?usr=123&pwd=000

Respose of this is an inputbox, a button (on browser) and an action url something like

http://11.11.11.11/page2.php

When the user hits the second link, the value entered in inputbox should along with request. Response to the second url is a
string response.

The issue:
If i am not wrong, the first request would be http GET type and second would be http POST type. I am getting correct response on
making the first request but second request is not giving the correct response from the server if i do this is code. However if i use the browser manually, the response is correct.
I also tried encoding the url as well but still not getting the correct response.

Any pointers to this?

[raj8nokiaforum]

Also i am using the following code to encode the url:

I am not sure if this encodes in utf-8 format. Do you think this is correct?

HBufC* CWebClient::UrlEncodeL(TDes& aUrl)
{
  _LIT(KFormatCode, "%%%02x");
  
  if (!aUrl.Length())
  {
     return NULL;
  }
  TBufC<100> sDontEncode = _L("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!-_.()*;/?:@&=+$[]!\\'()~");

 // Alloc to the maximum size of URL if every char are encoded
  HBufC *sEncoded = HBufC::NewLC(aUrl.Length() * 3);

  // Parse a the chars in the url
  for (TInt i=0; i<aUrl.Length(); i++)
  {
     TChar cToFind = aUrl[i];
     if (KErrNotFound == sDontEncode.Locate(cToFind) )
     {
        // Char not found encode it.
        TUint c = (TUint) cToFind;
        sEncoded->Des().AppendFormat(KFormatCode, c);
     }
     else
     {
        // char found just copy it
        sEncoded->Des().Append(cToFind);
     }
  }

  // Reallocate to the real size of the encoded url.
  sEncoded->ReAllocL(sEncoded->Length());

  return sEncoded;
}

[vineet.jain]

What happens if you make the second request to be GET as well.

[raj8nokiaforum]

But how do i pass the pin number in that case which is entered in the inputbox?

[raj8nokiaforum]

I tried the second url as GET by setting pin: 00000000000000 in headers. The response is still not correct because the request to server is not correct.

[vineet.jain]

In the same way it is done in first request(http://11.11.11.11/page2.php?boxvalue=1234). When user hits the second url, you can internally append the box value.

[raj8nokiaforum]

No this is incorrect. I tried this as well and the result is same. I am getting the following error message from server alongwith some html

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1

[pooja_1650]

You can check the request (with headers) in Fiddler for both correct/incorrect cases and compare the difference.

If i am not wrong, the first request would be http GET type and second would be http POST type.

Yes, your first request should be GET and second should be POST.

[wizard_hu_]

An addition to the encoding part: you may find the class EscapeUtils useful.

[raj8nokiaforum]

Does anybody know how to identify cookies sent by the server and how to send cookies to the server?

I found out that cookies can be sent in headers is it? I have to send some data in cookies. How exactly do i do that?
Tried with few rest clients but didn't find any success.

[wizard_hu_]

A search for cookie symbian c++ site:nokia.com wiki with Google works for me.