need to send via HTTP POST (not HTTP GET)

[jcmarsalis]

Hi I am working with DTS Autostage to send our now playing data. The want it as a HTTP POST (not HTTP GET). Can I accomplish this in Magic RDS?

[Jan]

Before we implement direct solution, you can POST the text like as showed in following example:

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saveto file:"d:\post.txt"
cmd "curl -k --data-urlencode varname@d:\post.txt https://server.com/input.php"
Enter such script into the Data Distribution box (Edit Connection - Connection Type: internal channel)

Modify the script:
varname is the variable name accepted by your webserver
d:\post.txt can be changed to any local file name in any existing path
https://server.com/input.php is the URL which accepts the POST request

The text coding is UTF-8 by default.

[jcmarsalis]

Thank you. I've implemented as you described. Will wait to see if they're getting information.

[bstapley]

If I edit the current connection, won't I "break" the current connection to my encoder?  Also, I don't see the Data Distribution box in my current connection.  Current connection is a Kind = RDS Encoder --> Model = Generic UECP.

Before we implement direct solution, you can POST the text like as showed in following example:

Code: [Select]

saveto file:"d:\post.txt"
cmd "curl -k --data-urlencode varname@d:\post.txt https://server.com/input.php"
Enter such script into the Data Distribution box (Edit Connection - Connection Type: internal channel)

Modify the script:
varname is the variable name accepted by your webserver
d:\post.txt can be changed to any local file name in any existing path
https://server.com/input.php is the URL which accepts the POST request

The text coding is UTF-8 by default.

[Jan]

The description above does not apply to your existing connection to the RDS encoder.

Add a new Connection, kind: Bridge, connection type: internal channel. This method is also decribed in the Help: ontheweb.pdf