Can input parameters be passed via a URL?

[xscottehx]

Hi All,

I am wanting to call a url externally that will then pass two parameters into my program. Internally i can use the RUN program.p(INPUT "hello", INPUT "world"). I have tried passing in a url followed by a query string such as www.mysite.com/myprogram/?param1=hello&param2=world which doesnt work. I can take the parameters out of my program and it will work fine i was just wondering if the above was possible and if so how?

Thanks in advance,

Scott

 

[FrancoisL]

You can use the Get-Value function included in the webspeed includes to get your URL paramaters.

cParam1 = Get-Value("param1").
cParam2 = Get-Value("param2").

 

[Cecil]

If your program already exists as part of an existing application you could write a wrapper program which could pass the cgi values to your existing procedure/program as parameters.

/*WebProgramWrapper.p*/

RUN program.p(INPUT get-value('param1'), 
                INPUT get-value('param2') ).

The URL would be: http://www.mysite.com/WebProgramWrapper.r?param1=Hello&param2=World

 

[xscottehx]

Ah good thinking Cecil. Thanks very much for your help on this!

Scott