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diff --git a/doc/README.http b/doc/README.http new file mode 100644 index 0000000..63268a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/README.http @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +This provides a very basic interface to http; it should be considered +poorly built, lame, and dangerous until further notice. + +That said, if you GET or POST form data name/value pairs to the proxy port +using HTTP, the proxy will treat it as Name: Value input and will act on +it, and will respond back in whatever format you want to use. + +A useful scenario might be to use http input and xml output. + +The following form can be used as a test: + +<HTML> +<FORM ACTION="http://myhost:1234" METHOD=POST> +Action: <input name="Action" type="text" value="Ping"><br> +ActionID: <input name="ActionID" type="text" value="Foo"><br> +<input type=submit><br> +</FORM> +</HTML> + +See samples/httpast.html for a sample file that implements this. + +It would be best to use this with autofilter=on since right now you are +only going to get one response block back, and it might as well be +relevant. :) |