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How to send HTML as GET-Request parameter?

Answer 1

+3 A:

Try using URL Encoding to format your html string first.

String yourHtmlString = java.net.URLEncoder.encode("<html>....");
method.setQueryString(new NameValuePair[] {new NameValuePair("report", yourHtmlString)});

Daan 2009-05-08 09:57:45

Thanks. Now the string looks encoded, but the server doenst respond to it. Trying the same in the browser manually doenst do anything. Is there an url length limit common in webservers?

Mork0075 2009-05-08 10:05:35

@Mork0075 The HTTP specification does not mention length limits, but if you google around a bit, you find that browser and server implementation impose different length limits, so it certainly is something to take into consideration.

Daan 2009-05-08 10:10:12

I did some delta debugging and after cropping the string to something around 2000 characters it works. But i would to like store information on the server which exceeds this. Hava you got any ideas?

Mork0075 2009-05-08 10:21:46

Solved, sending it with a POST requests does the trick. Thanks

Mork0075 2009-05-08 10:32:18

As you're effectively submitting information (i.e. making a change to the server), you should be using POST anyway.

belugabob 2009-05-08 11:02:20

Answer 2

+1 A:

HTML strings contain characters that should be URL encoded. Read here.

You could do the encoding with UrlUtils.simpleFormUrlEncode

kgiannakakis 2009-05-08 10:01:10

Answer 3

+2 A:

I'd go with base64 encoding and maybe some sort of compression before it depending on the length of your content given:

RFC 2068 states: Servers should be cautious about depending on URI lengths above 255 bytes, because some older client or proxy implementations may not properly support these lengths. The spec for URL length does not dictate a minimum or maximum URL length, but implementation varies by browser. On Windows: Opera supports ~4050 characters, IE 4.0+ supports exactly 2083 characters, Netscape 3 -> 4.78 support up to 8192 characters before causing errors on shut-down, and Netscape 6 supports ~2000 before causing errors on start-up.

MahdeTo 2009-05-08 10:03:23

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