getToHost {httpRequest}

Sends Get Request to HTTP Server (host)

Description

Sends Get Request to HTTP Server

Usage

getToHost(host,path,referer,port=80)

Arguments

host

The host to which to send the Request e. g.: www.spiegel.de, 127.0.0.1

path

The path to the file eg. /cgi/getpasswords.pl?test=best or /index.html

referer

something like www.myhome.org

port

its 80 or 8080 most frequently

Details

It is a simple http client. So it does not take care of special chars e.g. whitspaces. For details see e.g. perl HTTP::Request::Common documentation and
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc1341/0_TableOfContents.html

Value

The document which the server returns as a string.

Author(s)

E.W.Wolski [e-mail]

See Also

postToHost, simplePostToHost

Examples

#check first if www.molgen.mpg.de is running.
#port <- 80
#getToHost("www.molgen.mpg.de",
#        "/~wolski/test.php4?test=test1&test2=test2&test3=3",
#        "www.test.pl", port=port)