[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #56624] webwrite only supports form-encoded parameters, not user-defined data

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56624>

                 Summary: webwrite only supports form-encoded parameters, not
user-defined data
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Fri 12 Jul 2019 02:01:22 PM PDT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 1 - Wish
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

    _______________________________________________________

Details:

Octave's webwrite function only allows data to be POSTed in form-encoded
key-value pairs. It can't yet be used to send user-defined data such as a XML
or JSON blob.

This example should ideally work


options = weboptions ('MediaType', 'text/plain')
response = webwrite ('http://localhost/post', 'This is a test message',
options)


and should be the same as


curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' -d 'This is a test message'
'http://localhost/post'


But it instead tries to parse the 'data' argument into key-value pairs and
POST as a form anyway.

This is related to the message in weboptions that the MediaType keyword is not
yet implemented. If MediaType is not set, then webwrite seems to be working
correctly. This is also a Matlab compatibility issue, but since this function
is brand new it's fair to consider it a feature request.




    _______________________________________________________

Reply to this item at:

  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56624>

_______________________________________________
  Message sent via Savannah
  https://savannah.gnu.org/