Makes HTTP request headers and body available to CFML pages. Useful for capturing SOAP request data, which can be delivered in an HTTP header.
A ColdFusion structure.
GetHttpRequestData()
The function returns a structure containing the following entries:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
|
content |
Raw content from form submitted by client, in string or binary format. For content to be considered string data, the FORM request header "CONTENT_TYPE" must start with "text/" or be special case "application/x-www-form-urlencoded". Other types are stored as a binary object. |
|
headers |
Structure that contains HTTP request headers as value pairs. Includes custom headers, such as SOAP requests. |
|
method |
String that contains the CGI variable Request_Method. |
|
protocol |
String that contains the Server_Protocol CGI variable. |
To determine whether data is binary, use IsBinary(x.content). To convert data to a string value, if it can be displayed as a string, use ToString(x.content).
The following example shows how this function can return HTTP header information.
<cfset x = GetHttpRequestData()>
<cfoutput>
<table cellpadding = "2" cellspacing = "2">
<tr>
<td><b>HTTP Request item</b></td>
<td><b>Value</b></td> </tr>
<cfloop collection = #x.headers# item = "http_item">
<tr>
<td>#http_item#</td>
<td>#StructFind(x.headers, http_item)#</td> </tr>
</cfloop>
<tr>
<td>request_method</td>
<td>#x.method#</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>server_protocol</td>
<td>#x.protocol#</td></tr>
</table>
<b>http_content --- #x.content#</b>
</cfoutput>