Setting the request method

The Http class supports both GET and POST request methods. The default request method used is the GET method. To change the request method, invoke the HttpReqeust#setMethod method. Alternatively you can define the request method in the constructor.

Example

The example below changes the request method from GET (default) to POST.

// create new HttpRequest

HttpRequest request = new HttpRequest("http://www.myserver.com/servlet/Xml");

// change request method to POST

request.setMethod("POST");

Example

The example below creates a new HttpRequest with a POST request method.

// create new HttpRequest with POST request method

HttpRequest request = new HttpRequest("http://www.myserver.com/servlet/Xml","POST");