http_post(1)http_post(1)NAMEhttp_post - do a POST to an HTTP URL
SYNOPSIShttp_post [-t timeout] [-r referrer] [-u user-agent] [-a username:pass‐
word] [-c cookie] [-h header value ] [-v] url [-f] name=value ...
DESCRIPTIONhttp_post Http_post does a POST operation to an HTTP URL and dumps the
results to stdout. It does not do gopher, ftp, file, news, or any
other type of URL, only HTTP. It can be configured to do HTTPS POSTs
as well.
The -t flag specifies a timeout in seconds. If that much time passes
with no activity, the post is aborted. The default is 60 seconds.
The -r flag specifies a referrer header to send. Some tightly-clenched
web admins like to jigger their server to only return files if the
proper referrer is given.
The -u flag specifies a User-Agent header to send. Some *really*
tightly-clenched web admins like to jigger their server to only return
files if a well-known User-Agent is given.
The -a flag lets you do Basic Authentication.
The -c flag lets you pass in a cookie.
The -h flag lets you pass in one extra header.
The -v flag is for debugging; it writes out the response headers, as
well as the response contents.
The -f flag can be used before each name=value pair. It tells
http_post that the value is actually a filename to be read and inserted
into the request. It also switches the entire request to use a con‐
tent-type of multipart/form-data, instead of the usual application/x-
www-form-urlencoded.
AUTHOR
Copyright � 1999,2003 by Jef Poskanzer <jef@mail.acme.com>. All rights
reserved.
16 March 1999 http_post(1)
