Name
HttpMethod
Synopsis
stringvar = Request.HttpMethod
Returns a String containing the method (i.e., GET, POST, or HEAD) of the current request.
Parameters
-
stringvar
A String variable to receive the HTTP method of the current request.
Example
The example uses the HttpMethod property to determine what action to take for a given request:
Sub Page_Load( ) Select Case Request.HttpMethod Case "POST" Response.Write("POST requests not allowed!<br/>") Response.End Case "HEAD" Response.Write("HEAD requests not allowed!<br/>") Response.End Case "GET" 'Process request Message.Text = "GET requests are allowed!<br/>" Case Else Response.Write("Unknown request: not allowed!<br/>") Response.End End Select End Sub
Note that we use Response.Write to send the message before calling Response.End. Calling Response.End will immediately terminate processing of the page, which will also prevent rendering of any server control output. The code for a page that makes a POST request to the example page is shown here:
<html> <head> <title>Submit a named parameter via POST</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" action="HttpMethod.aspx" method="POST"> <h3>Name:</h3> <input type="text" name="name"> <input type="submit"> </form> </body> </html>
Notes
In classic ASP, the request method was typically retrieved using the
REQUEST_METHOD
key of the ServerVariables collection. Often, this key was used to create self-submitting form pages by displaying a set of form fields when the GET method was detected and processing the ...
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