In the case of a POST, you can use the session transformer (only available
in the latest CVS) instead of the cinclude transformer:
<pipeline>
<reguest generator>
<stylesheet - builds cinclude statements with the params>
<cinclude transformer>
<stylesheet for output>
</pipeline>
The session transformer is able to use post for HTTP requests. The following
XML should get something from http://itsunshine/test by using POST:
<data xmlns:session="http://ocoon.apache.org/session/1.0";>
<session:include>
<session:connection type="uri">
<!-- THE URI -->
<session:target>http://itsunshine/test</session:target>
<!-- Setting POST -->
<session:config>
<session:param>
<session:name>method</session:name>
<session:value>POST</session:value>
</session:param>
</session:config>
<!-- Setting parameters -->
<session:params>
<session:param>
<session:name>message</session:name>
<session:value>Hi there</session:value>
</session:param>
</session:params>
</session:connection>
</session:include>
</data>
But I must confess that I'm not sure if this works with the lastest CVS,
as we changed the source resolving - I will have a look at it asap.
HTH
Carsten
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Langham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 11:47 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Request to external XML server in pipeline
>
>
> Hi Bryce,
>
> here's one way of doing this:
>
> <pipeline>
> <reguest generator>
> <stylesheet - builds cinclude statements with the params>
> <cinclude transformer>
> <stylesheet for output>
> </pipeline>
> So you use the cinclude transformer to fetch the external data. Check out
> the cinclude documentation for more details.
>
> Matthew
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ewing, Bryce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 11:27 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Request to external XML server in pipeline
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Just started working with Cocoon and I have a question in regards
> to reading
> XML content from a XML server probably within a pipeline. What I have at
> present is a backend XML server that given a XML formatted packet
> does some
> processing, including database access, legacy etc. then replies with an
> answer XML packet. This is totally outside of Cocoon.
>
> What I have inside Cocoon at present is an html form that has the request
> parameters that would make up the inwards XML packet. I have a pipeline
> that has a request generator, then a xslt transformation to get
> the XML into
> the required format. What I would like to do is post this packet
> to the XML
> server, with the reply packet being available to the pipeline, maybe a
> transformer that changes the input XML to the output via the post. Then
> process this reply XML packet to create the next HTML page.
>
> If anyone has any help on this, or can think of a better way this could be
> performed your help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers
> Bryce
>
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