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postform.javaAPI DocExample1500Thu Apr 03 15:26:40 BST 1997None

postform

public class postform extends Object

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URL
u
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public static voidmain(java.lang.String[] args)


    String s;

    try {
      s = args[0];
    }
    catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
      s = "http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/post-query";
    }

    try {
      postform pf = new postform();
      pf.u = new URL(s);
      pf.submitData();
    }
    catch (MalformedURLException e) {
      System.err.println(args[0] + "is not a URL I understand");
    }

  
voidsubmitData()


    String query = "name=" + URLEncoder.encode("Elliotte Rusty Harold");
    query += "&";
    query += "email=" + URLEncoder.encode("elharo@sunsite.unc.edu");

    int cl = query.length();

    try {

      // open the connection and prepare it to POST

      URLConnection uc = u.openConnection();
      uc.setDoOutput(true);
      uc.setDoInput(true);
      uc.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
      DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(uc.getOutputStream());

      // The POST line, the Accept line, and
      // the content-type headers are sent by the URLConnection.
      // We just need to send the data
      dos.writeBytes(query);
      dos.close();


      // Read the response
      DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(uc.getInputStream());
      String nextline;
      while((nextline = dis.readLine()) != null) {
       System.out.println(nextline);
      }
      dis.close();

    }
    catch (Exception e) {
      System.err.println(e);
    }