WebRequest() question

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Hi,

I've searched the forum and checked https://docs.mql4.com/common/webrequest site but couldn't come to a conclusion.

I'm willing to send specific outputs (such as orders, information about ea) to external web page. I do not get any authhorization errors but I'm getting the following kind of errors:

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Status code: 404, error: 4000

Server response: <!DOCTYPE html>
<html style="height:100%">
<head><title> 404 Not Found
</title></head>
<body style="color: #444; margin:0;font: normal 14px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height:100%; background-color: #fff;">
<div style="height:auto; min-height:100%; ">     <div style="text-align: center; width:800px; margin-left: -400px; position:absolute; top: 30%; left:50%;">
        <h1 style="margin:0; font-size:150px; line-height:150px; font-weight:bold;">404</h1>
<h
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Server response: <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"
xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12">
<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 12">


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I get the errors because (I guess) the "data" format is not prepared for the web page. I do not know how to prepare the string for the url;

Are there any other examples or documentation how to put a new line to existing htm file or creating a new one?

I would appreciate if someone could guide me.

Thanks



      int res;
      char data[];
      string headers;
      char result[];
      string login="user";
      string password="pass";
      string str="Login="+login+"&Password="+password;
         
      ArrayResize(data,StringToCharArray(str,data,0,WHOLE_ARRAY,CP_UTF8)-1);
              
      ResetLastError();
      
      res=WebRequest("POST","http://www.mywebpage.com/index5.htm","",NULL,1000,data,ArraySize(data),result,headers);
      
      Print("Status code: " , res, ", error: ", GetLastError());
      Print("Server response: ", CharArrayToString(result));
 
Any help is appreicated. Thanks.
 

The server answers with an error, so you touch the server but the requested web-page seems not to exist.

This works for me:

string GrabWeb(string strUrl) {//>4
   string headers,ret;  
   char post[],result[];
   int res, timeout=5000;
   res=WebRequest("GET",strUrl,NULL,timeout,post,result,headers);
   if (res < 0) { 
        Alert("Web-Error: ",GetLastError()," (4060 ERR_FUNCTION_NOT_CONFIRMED/Url not allowed)" );
        return("");
   } 
   ret = CharArrayToString(result,0,-1);  
   return(ret);
}
 
gooly:

The server answers with an error, so you touch the server but the requested web-page seems not to exist.

This works for me:




Thanks for your post.

I'm trying to POST a line to an existing html document not GET. Could you send a simple example for POST as well. I'm not quite sure how can I POST a new line to the existing html document,

Suppose that the URL is www.mywebpage.com/index.htm

I understand that index.html must exists. This is fine also I do not get any authentication problems. The only error I guess is about syntax, I need to refine "the string" accordingly however I don't know how to do it, I couldn't find any documentation as well.

 
aed71:

Thanks for your post.

I'm trying to POST a line to an existing html document not GET. Could you send a simple example for POST as well. I'm not quite sure how can I POST a new line to the existing html document,

Suppose that the URL is www.mywebpage.com/index.htm

I understand that index.html must exists. This is fine also I do not get any authentication problems. The only error I guess is about syntax, I need to refine "the string" accordingly however I don't know how to do it, I couldn't find any documentation as well.


hmm - can't you copy the url from the url-line of the browser and pack  that between two " - like strUrl = "https://forum.mql4.com/69624#1022641"?

If I  call this page: "http://www.mywebpage.com/index5.htm" I see this url isn't valid any more!

 
gooly:

hmm - can't you copy the url from the url-line of the browser and pack  that between two " - like strUrl = "https://forum.mql4.com/69624#1022641"?

If I  call this page: "http://www.mywebpage.com/index5.htm" I see this url isn't valid any more!

It was just an example, I didn't want to give real webpage name. I'm willing to know what would be the syntax for the data[] array if I want to POST something to an html file. I already understand how to add syntax for authentication but there is no information for the html part, header, normal letters etc.

 

Hello everyone.

I hope someone can help me. I have a protected file in my website and I want  to download it from a expert advisor. If the file were not protected is very easy with Webrequest method, but being protected all change and I haven't was able to download it. I will really appreciate if someone could tell me what modifications that I must make to webrequest method in order to get download the file to my computer.

Best regards.

William

 
William Tapia Diaz:

Hello everyone.

I hope someone can help me. I have a protected file in my website and I want  to download it from a expert advisor. If the file were not protected is very easy with Webrequest method, but being protected all change and I haven't was able to download it. I will really appreciate if someone could tell me what modifications that I must make to webrequest method in order to get download the file to my computer.

Best regards.

William

What do you mean by protected ?
 
Alain Verleyen:
What do you mean by protected ?

Thanks for you reply. I have the file protected with .htaccess and .htpasswd . If someone want to get the file will have enter an user and password. 
 
William Tapia Diaz:

Thanks for you reply. I have the file protected with .htaccess and .htpasswd . If someone want to get the file will have enter an user and password. 

So add them to your request.

If you are using basic authentication, something like :

http://validuser:validpassword@www.domain.com/yourfile

Otherwise you need to use headers, this is beyond the scope of this site. You need to learn http protocol.
 
Alain Verleyen:

So add them to your request.

If you are using basic authentication, something like :

Otherwise you need to use headers, this is beyond the scope of this site. You need to learn http protocol.


ok. Thank you very much.
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