How to specify the server name in HTTP headers

Date Entered:  09/04/1997

Last Update:  06/07/2006

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SYNOPSIS

I need to send along the server name in the HTTP request header. Some web servers these days allow you to do multi-homing on a single IP. The way the server distinguishes the difference is by looking in the HTTP request header for the server name. Can your control handle them?

SOLUTION

Yes. By default the HTTP control sends the Host header automatically.

Older versions of IP*Works! did not do this by default. You can simply add an extra header like below:

     HTTP1.URL = ...
     HTTP1.OtherHeaders = "Host: " + HTTP1.URLServer + chr$(13)+chr$(10)