Greetings All, This is my first attempt at programing to communicate with a web server and althought I have been a Delphi programer for 11 years mainly in the database field, I'm a newbie at this kind of programming and I now remember how overwhelmed I was when first starting to learn Delphi.
I'm currently using Delphi 5.1 and want to communicate with a web server hosted by USPS. Using the webtools proviced by USPS at http://www.usps.com/webtools/address.htm I would like to use their address correction and lookup tools from within my Delphi application. After reading their technical guides they do mention that software developers can also use these tools from within their own software. I have signed up to use there tools and have tested calling their web server by simply plugging in the following HTTP url (which includes XML) and it works returning an XML value in internet explorer. (Yeah) Here is what I need to do: I need to connect to a web server, send an xml message, the server receives and respond to my message responding with XML. I can connect to a webserver using my internet browser and send it a string of information like this: http://SERVERNAME/ShippingAPITest.dll?API=CityStateLookup&XML=<CityStateLookupRequest%20USERID="xxxxxxxx"><ZipCode%20ID=%20"0"><Zip5>90210</Zip5></ZipCode></CityStateLookupRequest> NOTE: SERVERNAME and USERID above are of course replaced with the actual server I'm logging onto and the User ID assigned to me and it returns a response like this in XML format that I see in my internet browser <?xml version="1.0" ?> - <CityStateLookupResponse> - <ZipCode ID="0"> <Zip5>90210</Zip5> <City>BEVERLY HILLS</City> <State>CA</State> </ZipCode> </CityStateLookupResponse> I understand I need to use the HTTPCli component to connect to the webserver, but am having trouble in how to use and hope that someone on this list would take pitty on me and help to guide me in how to accomplish this. Any guidance on how to get started would really be appreciated. Thanks, Mike -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
