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Name

http_proxy — proxy request to another host and return content to calling client

Synopsis

http_proxy ( in host varchar ,
in header any ,
in content varchar );

Description

This function is used to retrieve content from a foreign host and send the response to the HTTP client of the page calling this. This is useful for re-routing a request to another server in the middle of a VSP page.

Parameters

host

The fully-qualified host name or alias. If a target port is specified the semi-column ':' character MUST be used as the separator. ('www.foo.com:8080')

header

an array consisting of the HTTP request header lines. Warning: Each line MUST finish with <CR><LF> characters. This header lines will be sent to the target server without any conversion.

content

In the case of posting of forms this parameter can contain the form data as specified in HTML standards.

Examples

Example24.175.Retrieving Current Path of Request 

  <?vsp
    http_proxy ('www.foo.com', vector ('GET / HTTP/1.0'), null);
  ?>

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