A toy example using GET and XMLHTTPRequest[*]. NOTE(s): This may not compile (I
tested this in the BX COM map and am translating the steps into code). In
theory this handles post data, but I didn't try that.
var object oRequest = createObjectEx("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0", True) ; createObject
with CoCreateInstance
oRequest.open("GET",
"https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/jokes/programming/random", False) ; call
is not async (will block)
oRequest.send()
copyToClipboard(oRequest.responseText)
string (87 chars): '[{"id":27,"type":"programming","setup":"['hip',
'hip']","punchline":"(hip hip array)"}]'
You should also be able to use responseXML and get an XML DOM object you could
manipulate with xpath.
[*]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/ms759148(v=vs.85)
HTH
On 12/5/2020 5:15 PM, Bob wrote:
Weird one.
I’d like to grab some external data for use in a script from a rest api.
Has anyone done this before or can think of a way to create and submit the
post data and get a result back?
Thanks
Bob
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