http_header:http_post

Availability::- use_module(library(http/http_header)).

[det]http_post_data(+Data, +Out:stream, +HdrExtra)

Send data on behalf on an HTTP POST request. This predicate is normally called by http_post/4 from http_client.pl to send the POST data to the server. Data is one of:

html(+Tokens) Result of html//1 from html_write.pl
json(+Term) Posting a JSON query and processing the JSON reply (or any other reply understood by http_read_data/3) is simple as http_post(URL, json(Term), Reply, []), where Term is a JSON term as described in json.pl and reply is of the same format if the server replies with JSON, when using module :- use_module(library(http/http_json)). Note that the module is used in both http server and http client, see library(http/http_json).
xml(+Term) Post the result of xml_write/3 using the Mime-type text/xml
xml(+Type, +Term) Post the result of xml_write/3 using the given Mime-type and an empty option list to xml_write/3.
xml(+Type, +Term, +Options) Post the result of xml_write/3 using the given Mime-type and option list for xml_write/3.
file(+File) Send contents of a file. Mime-type is determined by file_mime_type/2.
file(+Type, +File) Send file with content of indicated mime-type.
memory_file(+Type, +Handle) Similar to file(+Type, +File), but using a memory file instead of a real file. See new_memory_file/1.
codes(+Codes) As codes(text/plain, Codes).
codes(+Type, +Codes) Send Codes using the indicated MIME-type.
bytes(+Type, +Bytes) Send Bytes using the indicated MIME-type. Bytes is either a string of character codes 0..255 or list of integers in the range 0..255. Out-of-bound codes result in a representation error exception.
atom(+Atom) As atom(text/plain, Atom).
atom(+Type, +Atom) Send Atom using the indicated MIME-type.
string(+String)
string(+Type, +String) Similar to atom(Atom) and atom(Type,Atom), accepting a SWI-Prolog string.
cgi_stream(+Stream, +Len) Read the input from Stream which, like CGI data starts with a partial HTTP header. The fields of this header are merged with the provided HdrExtra fields. The first Len characters of Stream are used.
form(+ListOfParameter) Send data of the MIME type application/x-www-form-urlencoded as produced by browsers issuing a POST request from an HTML form. ListOfParameter is a list of Name=Value or Name(Value).

form_data(+ListOfData) Send data of the MIME type multipart/form-data as produced by browsers issuing a POST request from an HTML form using enctype multipart/form-data. ListOfData is the same as for the List alternative described below. Below is an example. Repository, etc. are atoms providing the value, while the last argument provides a value from a file.

...,
http_post([ protocol(http),
            host(Host),
            port(Port),
            path(ActionPath)
          ],
          form_data([ repository = Repository,
                      dataFormat = DataFormat,
                      baseURI    = BaseURI,
                      verifyData = Verify,
                      data       = file(File)
                    ]),
          _Reply,
          []),
...,

List If the argument is a plain list, it is sent using the MIME type multipart/mixed and packed using mime_pack/3. See mime_pack/3 for details on the argument format.