The HTTPProvider Object's Properties, Part I

The HTTPProvider object is a general purpose HTTP protocol object. Its properties and methods allow you to do many low level HTTP operations. The main Application object supports only a few HTTP-related methods such as GetURL, but the HTTPProvider object supports many low level HTTP provider properties such as Proxy, ProxyPort, Username, and Password, as well as methods such as Get(), Post(), and Head(). In the next few pages we'll describe its properties as well as its methods. Let's start with HTTPProvider object's properties.

Sets/returns the URL location of the server with which an HTTP protocol is to be established. The following line sets the URL property:

app.HTTPProvider.URL = "http://www.microsoft.com";

Username

Read-Write

String

Sets/returns the username of the account with which an HTTP protocol is to be established. The following line sets the Username property:

app.HTTPProvider.Username = "docjavascript";

Password

Read-Write

String

Sets/returns the password of the account with which an HTTP protocol is to be established. The following line sets the Password property:

app.HTTPProvider.Password = "tipoftheday";

Proxy

Read-Write

String

Sets/returns the proxy server through which an HTTP protocol is to be established. The following line sets the Proxy property:

app.HTTPProvider.Proxy = "proxy.microsoft.com";

ProxyPort

Read-Write

String

Sets/returns the proxy server port through which an HTTP protocol is to be established. The following line sets the ProxyPort property:

app.HTTPProvider.ProxyPort = 81;

ProxyUsername

Read-Write

String

Sets/returns the proxy server username. The following line sets the ProxyUsername property:

app.HTTPProvider.ProxyUsername = "docjavascript";