Developing ColdFusion Applications

Chapter 18
Interacting with Remote Servers

This chapter describes how ColdFusion wraps the complexity of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) communications in a simplified tag syntax that lets you easily extend your site's offerings across the Web.

Contents

• Using cfhttp to Interact with the Web
• Using the cfhttp Get Method
• Creating a Query from a Text File
• Using the cfhttp Post Method
• Performing File Operations with cfftp
• Moving Complex Data Structures Across the Web with WDDX
• Converting CFML Data to a JavaScript Object
• Transferring Data from Browser to Server
• Storing Complex Data in a String

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