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HTTPPost

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Sends an HTTP POST request to the specified URL with a body payload and returns the response body.

Available in: Email CloudPage Automation Triggered Send

Syntax

Platform.Function.HTTPPost(url, contentType, payload[, headerNames, headerValues, response])
3–6 arguments

Parameters

Name Type Required Description
url string Yes Target URL
contentType string Yes MIME type of the request body, e.g. "application/json"
payload string Yes Request body
headerNames string[] No Array of additional header names
headerValues string[] No Array of corresponding header values
response array No Array that receives the response body from the POST request

Examples

// Simple JSON POST
var payload = Stringify({ event: "pageview", page: "/home" });
var response = [];
var statusCode = Platform.Function.HTTPPost(
    "https://api.example.com/events",
    "application/json",
    payload,
    null,
    null,
    response
);
var body = response[0];
var result = Platform.Function.ParseJSON(body + "");

// POST with auth header
var headers = ["Authorization"];
var vals = ["Bearer " + token];
var res = [];
var code = Platform.Function.HTTPPost(
    "https://api.example.com/track",
    "application/json",
    payload,
    headers,
    vals,
    res
);
var statusCode = code; // HTTP status code (number)
var body = res[0];    // response body string

Return Value

Returns the HTTP status code as a number. The response body is written into the response array argument (if provided) as response[0].

See Also

See Also