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In the help for Opus scipt is an example for the InternetPostData function

// To send an Object, first set up the Object:
var obj = new Object()
obj.Name = "John"
obj.Age = 21
obj.ShoeSize = 8
out = InternetPostData(url, obj, true)
// will return an object with Name, Age and ShoeSize members set.

I have been able to get something similiar to work when I just SEND data to the PHP script I use, but can't seem to get data to come back when I use: &stuff=hello world&morestuff=goodbye

the example says data will be returned to an object with Name, Age, and ShoeSize. What is the name of this object? obj? and do I access members of the object in OpusScript after the Post function? what if the members of an object I am Sending are different names than the ones I wish to receive? A little more explanation of this function would help greatly! Thank You!

Hi,

Thank you for your enquiry.

I would first recommend setting the URL to your script file to a string:



Now create the object which will contain the member set:



Now get the data from the server and store it to a new object named 'output':



This 'output' object will now have the properties 'Name', 'Age' and 'ShoeSize', defined by the name-value pairs being sent by the server. We can now store these 'properties' to publication variables:



The complete set of script actions should now read as follows:



Now open the properties of your publication, select the Variables tab and create three new publication variables named 'Name', 'Age' and 'ShoeSize' with blank default values.

Finally, create a text object on the page and insert these three variables into the text object. Preview the publication and the values sent by the server should now be displayed.

I hope this helps. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further queries.

Kind regards,

Yes, that helped!
That is exactly what I was looking for!

Thank you!