Question

I want to be able to send a simple post from an ASP code.

The examples shown in an API tutorial show the use of simple HTML, like that:

<form action="http://api_domain/name_of_function" method="post">
    <input name="field1" type="Text"/>
    <input name="field2" type="Text"/>
</form>

So this HTML sends a post to the API. The POST is sent from the user, from the browser. It may be OK, but the API requires authentication, and placing username and password info inside a form which is sent to the customer is, of course, unacceptable.

Are there any ways to do it from the server, using classic ASP? (I need to send not just textual fields, but also files which I form in the ASP code)

Answer 1

Yes, you should be able to do this using the MSMXL object.
var server = Server.CreateObject(“MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.3.0”);

You can see more details and the documentation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms766431%28v=vs.85%29.aspx