How to send data with method POST in cgi ???

[Kobe]

Hello I implement my own web browser. I have to know how to send data with method POST ??? because of method GET I can check the attribute of user and attach it with URL such as http://discussions.earthweb.com/cgi-bin/dnewsweb?cmd=post &group=earthweb.cgi.general&utag= but in method POST URL doesn't show any infomation I don't know what to do Please help me ..... ( I'm sorry to post unrelate VC++ ) Thank you

[Ghazi]

Post Method depends on the reques header "Content-Length:" to determine when is the data finished. here is a telnet session to demonstrate how you may try it (After getting connected e.g. 127.0.0.1 port 80 ================== The original message was: Hello
I implement my own web browser. I have to know how to send
data with method POST ???
because of method GET I can check the attribute of user and
attach it with URL

such as
http://discussions.earthweb.com/cgi-bin/dnewsweb?cmd=post
&group=earthweb.cgi.general&utag=

but in method POST URL doesn't show any infomation
I don't know what to do

Please help me ..... ( I'm sorry to post unrelate VC++ )

Thank you

[Ghazi]

Post Method depends on the request header "Content-Length:" to determine when is the data finished. here is a telnet session to demonstrate how you may try it (After getting connected e.g. 127.0.0.1 port 80 POST /testDirectory/Form.asp HTTP/1.0 HOST: MyComputer and so on Content-Length: (this will be the number of characters you are sending in the data portion ) The Data which is the what usually follows the question mark (Note you don't need the question mark any more) HTH Regards Ghazi Wadi Dundas Software ================== The original message was: Hello
I implement my own web browser. I have to know how to send
data with method POST ???
because of method GET I can check the attribute of user and
attach it with URL

such as
http://discussions.earthweb.com/cgi-bin/dnewsweb?cmd=post
&group=earthweb.cgi.general&utag=

but in method POST URL doesn't show any infomation
I don't know what to do

Please help me ..... ( I'm sorry to post unrelate VC++ )

Thank you

[Kobe]

Hello Ghazi Would you mind give me an example please .... cos I'm very new in CGI. Thank you very much

[RAJIV]

The POST messages are sent by the Web Server as part of the applications environment variables. So you would use routines like getenv to retrieve these variables. Rajiv