Adds HTTP parameter for the first enclosing HTTP processor for both post and get requests. If used outside the HTTP processor an exception is thrown.

Syntax

<http-param name="param_name"
            isfile="isfile"
            contenttype="contenttype"
            filename="filename">
    body as parameter value
</http-param>

Attributes

Name	Required	Default	Description
name	yes		The name of HTTP parameter.
isfile	no	no	Tells if parameter is file for upload (applies only to multipart requests).
contenttype	no		MIME type of the upload file (effective for multipart forms where parameter is file).
filename	no		Name of uploaded file (effective for multipart forms where parameter is file).

Example

<var-def name="paramNames">
    USERID
    PASSWORD
</var-def>

<http method="post" url="http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login">
   <http-param name="is_continue">true</http-param>
   <http-param name="URI">http://</http-param>
   <http-param name="OQ"></http-param>
   <http-param name="OP"></http-param>

   <loop item="name">
       <list>
           <var name="paramNames"/>
       </list>
       <body>
           <http-param name="${name}">web-harvest</http-param>
       </body>
   </loop>
</http>

Sends needed parameters to www.nytimes.com/auth/login in order to log in.