Net.HTTP methods
request
The request method asynchronously invokes an HTTP Web Service. This method allows connecting to a wider set of web services than the Net.SOAP.request (SOAP.request) method and with finer control over the HTTP method, headers and / or body. This method allows the creation of more complicated networking protocols such as WebDAV or the Atom Publishing Protocol.
Note:This method can only be made outside the context of a document (for example, in a folder level JavaScript).
Parameters
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cVerb |
A string that specifies the HTTP verb to use. The verb must be one of the following: 
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cURL |
A string that specifies the network endpoint location of the web service to connect to. The scheme of the URL must be either HTTP or HTTPS. |
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aHeaders |
(optional) An array that specifies HTTP headers to be sent with the request. Some headers such as Content-length cannot be set explicitly. Each element in the array is an object describing the header with the following properties: 
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oRequest |
(optional) A Stream object that specifies the request body of the method. No encoding of the message body is done prior to sending it. |
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oHandler |
(optional) An object that handles the response from the service. The oHandler object will have the response method invoked with the following parameters: 
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oAuthenticate |
(optional) An object that specifies how to handle HTTP authentication or specifies credentials to use. The default is to present a user interface to the user to handle HTTP authentication challenges for BASIC and DIGEST authentication modes. The oAuthenticate object can have the following properties: 
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Exceptions
The method throws an exception if the URL is invalid or the same, origin requirement is not satisfied.
Example
Create a collection at the URL specified.
CreateWebDAVCollection = function(cURL)
{
var params =
{
cVerb: "MKCOL",
cURL: cURL,
oHandler:
{
response: function(msg, uri, e)
{
// HTTP 405 - Can't MKCOL if it exists!
if(e != undefined && e.error != 405) {
app.alert("Failed to MKCOL: "+ e);
} else app.alert("Created collection");
}
}
};
Net.HTTP.request(params);
} // CreateWebDAVCollection