headers=list

timeout=posint

forcemode=name

norevoke=truefalse

Post is an extension of Get.  In addition to being able to data in the Request-URI, Post is also able to send other data to the server in the content argument.  This command is generally used to implement the sending of data via an HTML form.

Post returns a sequence (code, content, headers) with code set to the return code sent by the server, content containing the body of the server response, and  headers as a table.

$\mathrm{HTTP}:-\mathrm{Code}\left(\mathrm{status}\right)$

$''OK''$

$\mathrm{type}\left(\mathrm{data}\,'\mathrm{string}'\right)$

$\mathrm{true}$

$\mathrm{data}\left[1..39\right]$

$\mathrm{type}\left(\mathrm{headers}\,'\mathrm{table}'\right)$

$\mathrm{true}$

$\mathrm{headers}\left[''Content-Type''\right]$

$''text/html;\; charset=UTF-8''$

The HTTP[Post] command was introduced in Maple 15.

For more information on Maple 15 changes, see Updates in Maple 15.