htmlSendSync(conID As String, method As String, url As String, timeout As Integer) As String

 

Synchronously sends a request using an HTTP method such as GET or POST. Results are returned as a String. Send can be used to send both standard "http" and secure "https" requests. The timeout is in seconds.

 

Note: Be aware that calling SendSync can cause your app's UI to "freeze" while it waits for the result.

 

Use the example script below to test this function against our test webservice (https://test.nwscloud.ch/test)

 

 

Parameters:

 

Name	Type	Description
conID	String	Identifier of existing htmlConnection object
method	String	Name of a valid http request method, like: GET, POST, PATCH, PUT, DELETE, etc. For an introduction to http request methods refer to: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_httpmethods.asp
url	String	http or https address and path to webservice
timeout	Integer	time to wait for response of webservice, in seconds

 

Returns:

 

Type	Value	Description
String		The response of the webservice, a text in UTF8 encoding.
String	ERROR	An exception occurred while accessing the webservice. The send request failed.

 

Available in:

 

WindowMain	WindowLink
YES	NO

 

 

Example XojoScript:

 

// Create new URLConnection

Dim conID As String = htmlConnection

 

// Set contents as JSON string

Var json As String = "{""id"":12345,""name"":""John Doe"",""email"":""jd@example.com""}"

 

// Set Request header contents (send data)

Var content As String = htmlRequestContent(conID,json,"application/json")

 

If content = "ERROR" Then

MsgBox("ERROR : Setting request content header failed.")

Call htmlConnectionClose(conID)

Return

End If

 

// Define path to test webservice

Dim url As String = "https://test.nwscloud.ch/test"

 

// Send Update Request for current address to Webserver

Dim jsonresponse As String = htmlsendSync(conID,"POST", url,15)

 

MsgBox("Response : " + jsonresponse)

 

Call htmlConnectionClose(conID)