Perl

HTTP Verb - How to use any Verb (GET, PUT, POST, DELETE, PROPFIND, etc.)

The HttpVerb property may be set to anything. Typically, it is set to the common/standard HTTP verbs such as GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc. It can be set to anything, including custom verbs that only have meaning to your particular server-side application.

This example demonstrates how to compose an HTTP request using the PROPFIND verb, which is something one might use with a WebDAV request.

This example composes the following HTTP request:

   PROPFIND  /container/ HTTP/1.1
   Host: www.foo.bar
   Depth: 1
   Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"
   Content-Length: xxxx

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
   <D:propfind xmlns:D="DAV:">
     <D:allprop/>
   </D:propfind>

Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

my $req = Chilkat2::HttpRequest->new;

# The ContentType, HttpVerb, and Path properties should
# always be explicitly set.
$req->HttpVerb('PROPFIND');
$req->Path('/container/');
$req->ContentType('text/xml');
$req->Charset('utf-8');
$req->SendCharset(1);

$req->AddHeader('Depth', '1');

my $xml = Chilkat2::Xml->new;
$xml->Tag('propfind');
$xml->AddAttribute('xmlns:D', 'DAV:');
$xml->NewChild2('allprop', '');

$req->LoadBodyFromString($xml->GetXml(), 'utf-8');

# View the request that would be sent if HttpSReq was called:
my $requestMime = $req->GenerateRequestText();
print $requestMime, "\n";

# A few important comments about the HTTP request that is generated:
#
# 1) The Content-Length header is automatically generated based on the actual length of the MIME message
#    that follows the intial (topmost) MIME header.
# 2) The HOST header will automatically get filled in with the actual domain when HttpSReq
#    is called.