Date:         Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:38:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Jay Zhou <zhou_jay@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jay Zhou <zhou_jay@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tip: Posting data to a form on a web page and retrieving the
              results programmatically
Comments: To: "David L. Ward" <dward@SASHELP.COM>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Very impressive!

Thanks a lot, David!

Jay
--- "David L. Ward" <dward@SASHELP.COM> wrote:
> While responding to a list question off-list, I
> managed to put together a real example of how to use
> the socket access method to POST data to a page on
> the internet and retrieve the results.  Here is an
> example:
>
> filename contract SOCKET 'www.tfc-charts.w2d.com:80'
> termstr=lf;
> data _null_;
> infile contract lrecl=1000;
> file contract;
> ** SEND THE HTTP HEADER COMPLETE WITH FORM DATA AND
> COOKIES **;
> if _n_=1 then put 'POST /chart/TR/C0/ HTTP/1.1' /
> 'Host: 216.25.139.217' /  /* MAKE SURE THIS IP
> ADDRESS POINTS TO EITHER YOUR COMPUTER OR A PROXY */
> 'Cookie: Czdpref=b%2Bf%2Bf%2bf%2B' /
> 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' /
> 'Content-Length: 67' //   /* SEND A BLANK LINE */
>
'saveprefs=f&xshowdata=t&xCharttype=b&xhide_specs=f&xhide_analysis=f'
> /;
> ** SEND A FINAL BLANK LINE TO TELL THE SERVER THE
> HEADER IS DONE **;
> input;
> file log;
> *file 'c:\temp\temp.htm' lrecl=1000;
> put _infile_;
> run;
>
> I added the comments in this email, so if they screw
> up the code, forgive me.
>
> Hope this proves useful.
>
> David Ward
> SASHelp.com
>
>
>
>
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