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"Stephen" <susreyNOSPAM.excite.com> wrote in message
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> when I attempt to programatically get the data, I fail.

That is because you are not sending the request correctly, as the server is
telling you.

> My URL is (user ID changed):
<snip>

You should be encoding that URL before passing it to Get().

> My code is:
>
>   AnsiString  sString = "?API=Verify&XML=<?xml
<snip>

You are not including the full URL address in that string, only the query
portion.  You must provide the full URL.

>    http->Request->ContentType = "text/xml";

You are sending the XML through the URL itself, not through a post stream,
so the ContentType is meaningless in this case.


Try this instead:

    AnsiString  sString =
"http://testing.shippingapis.com/ShippingAPITest.dll?API=Verify&XML=<?xml
version=\"1.0\"?><AddressValidateRequest USERID=\"999xxxxx9999\"><Address
ID=\"0\"><Address1></Address1><Address2>6406 Ivy
Lane</Address2><City>Greenbelt</City><State>md</State><Zip5>74429</Zip5><Zip
4></Zip4></Address></AddressValidateRequest>";

    sString = TIdURI::URLEncode(__classid(TIdURI), sString);

    TIdHTTP* http = new TIdHTTP(NULL);
    try
    {
        ShowMessage(http->Get(sString));
    }
    __finally {
        delete http;
    }


Gambit

Thanks for replying Remy, and I apologize for showing my ignorance.  I know 
next to nothing about making internet requests.

I've changed the code as you indicated and now get "Connection closed 
gracefully" but never get a string (XML) value back.  Any idea why?  I've 
passed a TStringStream as a second parameter.  the working portion of my 
code now looks like...

TStringStream *out = new TStringStream("");
http->Get(sString, out);
ShowMessage(out->DataString);

but it's crashing right after the get request.

Thanks again Remy.

Stephen




"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message 
news:46ae1bca$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> "Stephen" <susreyNOSPAM.excite.com> wrote in message
> news:46ae0187$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
>> when I attempt to programatically get the data, I fail.
>
> That is because you are not sending the request correctly, as the server 
> is
> telling you.
>
>> My URL is (user ID changed):
> <snip>
>
> You should be encoding that URL before passing it to Get().
>
>> My code is:
>>
>>   AnsiString  sString = "?API=Verify&XML=<?xml
> <snip>
>
> You are not including the full URL address in that string, only the query
> portion.  You must provide the full URL.
>
>>    http->Request->ContentType = "text/xml";
>
> You are sending the XML through the URL itself, not through a post stream,
> so the ContentType is meaningless in this case.
>
>
> Try this instead:
>
>    AnsiString  sString =
> "http://testing.shippingapis.com/ShippingAPITest.dll?API=Verify&XML=<?xml
> version=\"1.0\"?><AddressValidateRequest USERID=\"999xxxxx9999\"><Address
> ID=\"0\"><Address1></Address1><Address2>6406 Ivy
> Lane</Address2><City>Greenbelt</City><State>md</State><Zip5>74429</Zip5><Zip
> 4></Zip4></Address></AddressValidateRequest>";
>
>    sString = TIdURI::URLEncode(__classid(TIdURI), sString);
>
>    TIdHTTP* http = new TIdHTTP(NULL);
>    try
>    {
>        ShowMessage(http->Get(sString));
>    }
>    __finally {
>        delete http;
>    }
>
>
> Gambit
>
> 

Any more ideas?

Thanks,
Stephen



"Stephen" <susreyNOSPAM.excite.com> wrote in message 
news:46ae3a31$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Thanks for replying Remy, and I apologize for showing my ignorance.  I 
> know next to nothing about making internet requests.
>
> I've changed the code as you indicated and now get "Connection closed 
> gracefully" but never get a string (XML) value back.  Any idea why?  I've 
> passed a TStringStream as a second parameter.  the working portion of my 
> code now looks like...
>
> TStringStream *out = new TStringStream("");
> http->Get(sString, out);
> ShowMessage(out->DataString);
>
> but it's crashing right after the get request.
>
> Thanks again Remy.
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
>
> "Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message 
> news:46ae1bca$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>>
>> "Stephen" <susreyNOSPAM.excite.com> wrote in message
>> news:46ae0187$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>>
>>> when I attempt to programatically get the data, I fail.
>>
>> That is because you are not sending the request correctly, as the server 
>> is
>> telling you.
>>
>>> My URL is (user ID changed):
>> <snip>
>>
>> You should be encoding that URL before passing it to Get().
>>
>>> My code is:
>>>
>>>   AnsiString  sString = "?API=Verify&XML=<?xml
>> <snip>
>>
>> You are not including the full URL address in that string, only the query
>> portion.  You must provide the full URL.
>>
>>>    http->Request->ContentType = "text/xml";
>>
>> You are sending the XML through the URL itself, not through a post 
>> stream,
>> so the ContentType is meaningless in this case.
>>
>>
>> Try this instead:
>>
>>    AnsiString  sString =
>> "http://testing.shippingapis.com/ShippingAPITest.dll?API=Verify&XML=<?xml
>> version=\"1.0\"?><AddressValidateRequest USERID=\"999xxxxx9999\"><Address
>> ID=\"0\"><Address1></Address1><Address2>6406 Ivy
>> Lane</Address2><City>Greenbelt</City><State>md</State><Zip5>74429</Zip5><Zip
>> 4></Zip4></Address></AddressValidateRequest>";
>>
>>    sString = TIdURI::URLEncode(__classid(TIdURI), sString);
>>
>>    TIdHTTP* http = new TIdHTTP(NULL);
>>    try
>>    {
>>        ShowMessage(http->Get(sString));
>>    }
>>    __finally {
>>        delete http;
>>    }
>>
>>
>> Gambit
>>
>>
>
>