description
Performs a http request on the given URL. Parameters can be added with nvd:parameter elements.
privilege-required
anyone
tx-support
false
INSTRUCTION
name
type
default-value
required
description
method
string
get
false
HTTP connection method (get or post).
timeout
integer
10000
false
Connection timeout (ms).
url
string
none
true
Location of the http request.
RESULT
name
description
header
Raw result headers in a string.
body
Raw result body of the request in a string.
EXAMPLE
example 1
Get the content of "http://www.novadeck.com" in 'result' variable
<nvd:command name="http.request" url="http://www.novadeck.com" >
<nvd:result name="body" variable="result" />
</nvd:command>
example 2
Get using POST method, the content of "https://www.novadeck.com/query.xml"
in 'result' variable having parameter 'id'.
<nvd:command name="http.request" url="http://www.novadeck.com" method="post">
<nvd:parameter name="id">3910</nvd:parameter>
<nvd:result name="header" variable="header" />
<nvd:result name="body" variable="body" />
</nvd:command>
