When the user try to download the file ,i need to open a new html window and download the file , currently iam using "ExternalInterface.call" but i need to set the "requestmethod" otherwise server is throwing the error ,how to specify "requestmethod"?
Why not use the global navigateToURL method? You can pass in a URLRequest object which has a property called method and will solve your problem.
So you need something like this:
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://example.com");
request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST; // or anything you want
// parameters can be added to a URLVariables object
// which then can be set as requests data property
// example:
var params:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
params.username = "test";
params.password = "123";
request.data = params;
// load the page
// specify '_blank' parameter to open it in a new browser window
navigateToURL(request, "_blank");
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When I execute the following code:
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://somehost/with/some/path?andsomequerystring=true");
urlRequest.method = 'POST';
var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(urlRequest);
urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, function(event:Event):void{
trace('sweet');
});
It turns my explicit POST request to GET due to the presence of the querystring. If I remove the querystring (and serialize as part of the POST body), it successfully makes the corresponding POST request. Is there any way to prevent it from doing that? My server requires that a POST request be made with a querystring.
Ah think I found the answer, seems you have to specify a body as well or else it will still send as a GET request from their docs:
Note: If running in Flash Player and the referenced form has no body,
Flash Player automatically uses a GET operation, even if the method is
set to URLRequestMethod.POST. For this reason, it is recommended to
always include a "dummy" body to ensure that the correct method is
used.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/URLRequest.html#url
It is because the way you are having your url. If you want to have your variables for POST method you need to use URLVariables.
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(YOUR_REQUEST_URL_HERE);
var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
variables.andsomequerystring = true;
urlRequest.data = variables;
urlRequest.method = 'POST';
var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(urlRequest);
urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, function(event:Event):void{
trace('sweet');
});
I have a variable
var qstAccessCode:String = "default";
and a loader with URLRequest
var qst:XML;
var qstLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
qstLoader.load(new URLRequest("http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44181313/Qaaps/Audio/" + qstAccessCode + ".qst"));
qstLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processQST);
function processQST(e:Event):void {
qst = new XML(e.target.data);
trace("QST loading");
}
I would like to use the value of qstAccessCode to complete the URL (so I can change the URL based on user input - if no input then use "default") but I get an error:
"1120: Access of undefined property qstAccessCode"
Is this to do with scoping? How can I complete the URL? Thanks in advance.
Edit: I haven't been able to get clear on this, so I'm also going to look at generating the complete URL from the user-input function and see if I get the URLRequest to pick it up as a variable. If there are any further comments on the original idea I will be very grateful to read them. Cheers.
Edit: #Moorthy I have qstAccessCode defined like this:
var qatAccessCode:String = "default";
var stageText:StageText = new StageText();
stageText.returnKeyLabel = ReturnKeyLabel.GO;
stageText.stage = this.stage;
stageText.viewPort = new Rectangle(225, 765, 200, 35 );
stageText.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, onChange);
function onChange(e:Event):void
{
qatAccessCode = stageText.text;
trace(qatAccessCode);
}
It traces keyboard entry when I test movie (Air 3.2 for Android).
qstAccessCode should be defined in the same scope as the URLRequest.
You must defined property qstAccessCode like:
var qstAccessCode:string;
qstAccessCode's value is your url address.
I have a zip file that is created using drag and drop on a view in my desktop Flex 4.6 app.
This triggers a service that will automatically upload the zip file.
I am able to use the following code to send metadata about the zip file to the server.
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(PUBLISH_ZIP_FILE_URL);
// set to method=POST
urlRequest.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
var params:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
params['data[File][title]'] = 'Title1';
params['data[File][description]'] = 'desc';
// params['data[File][filename]'] = I am not sure exactly what to use here
// If this is a webpage, I expect to use input type="file" with the name as data[File][filename]
urlRequest.data = params;
addLoaderListeners();
// set it such that data format is in variables
loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
loader.load(urlRequest);
I have read https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8837619/using-http-post-to-upload-a-file-to-a-website
However, immediately they start off with ByteArray, which I am not sure how to convert my zip file at all.
Please advise.
Embarrassing but I found my answer 42 mins after I posted the question.
A little bit of a rubber duck problem solving going on here.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/03/rubber-duck-problem-solving.html
Short answer: Use File class and specifically the method upload which is extended from the FileReference class.
Long answer:
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(PUBLISH_ZIP_FILE_URL);
// set to method=POST
urlRequest.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
var params:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
params['data[File][title]'] = 'Title1';
params['data[File][description]'] = 'desc';
// this is where we include those non file params and data
urlRequest.data = params;
// now we upload the file
// this is how we set the form field expected for the file upload
file.upload(urlRequest, "data[File][filename]");
I want to submit a form in flash and send the user to an other page in html/php and get the post information on that page. How can i do this?
// create a URLRequest object with the target URL:
var url : String = 'newpage.html';
var urlRequest : URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
// create a URLVariables object and add all the values you want to send with their identifiers:
var urlVariables : URLVariables = new URLVariables();
urlVariables['formfieldId'] = 'formfieldValue';
// add the urlVariables to the urlRequest
urlRequest.data = urlVariables;
// set the method to post (default is GET)
urlRequest.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
// use navigateToURL to send the urlRequest, use '_self' to open in the same window
navigateToURL(urlRequest, '_self');
Use the URLRequest class
I'm trying to send data via POST, since it's far too long to send via GET.
Here's the code I'm using...
pdfUrl.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
var vars:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
vars.html = data;
pdfUrl.data = vars;
navigateToURL(pdfUrl);
The problem is that it always sends as GET, and the data in vars.html is too long for my server to receive.
To make matters worse, it seems like AIR can only send GET via navigateToURL.
The issue with this is, I need to open a new browser window and send the POST data so that a script on my server can create a PDF file for the user.
What workarounds are there for this?
I'm not aware of any way to open a new browser window with a POST request, with GET being the default HTTP method used to open pages (which makes sense, really). An alternative, however, would be to POST the data using a simple HTTP request in AIR and once you get a response to the POST request in AIR, you can open a new browser window using a GET request.
So:
POST to your server directly from AIR.
Have your server return some kind of value that you can use in step 3.
Open a new browser window using navigateToURL and attach the value you got from step 2 to the URL.
This should work well, I think.
// Upload MP3-Byte-Array
private function uploadFile():void
{
var uploadURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
uploadURL.url = "myfile.php?var1=var1Value&var2=var2Value";
uploadURL.contentType = 'application/octet-stream';
uploadURL.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
uploadURL.data = heavyDataThatyouWantToPass;
var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
urlLoader.load(uploadURL);
}
private function completeHandler(event:Event):void
{
var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);
}
myfile.php will be like this:
<?php
$var1 = $_REQUEST['var1Value'] ;
$var2 = $_REQUEST['var2Value'] ;
$heavyData = $GLOBALS[ 'HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA' ];?>