HTTP Post results in error "303 See Other"

Date Entered:  1/26/2005

Last Update:  1/26/2005

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SYNOPSIS

When I post with HTTP (or WebForm, WebUpload, etc), I get an HTTP Protocol error "303 See Other".

SOLUTION

This is a code from the server (which you should use standard error handling to trap) that means that the server response to your POST should be retrieved using a GET to a different URL. The URL that you should use will be found in the Location header, which you can get from the Header event of the component. For example:

Private Sub HTTP_Header(...)
	If (e.Field.ToUpper() = "LOCATION") Then
		newurl = e.Value
	End If
End Sub

Try
	HTTP.Post("http://server/script.aspx")
Catch ex1 as nsoftware.IPWorks.IPWorksException
	If (ex1.Code = 303) Then
		HTTP.Get(newurl)
		string postresponse = HTTP.TransferredData
	End If
End Try