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diff --git a/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex b/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex index 041863d..3eb1265 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex @@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ count of blocks transferred so far, a block size in bytes, and the total size of the file. The third argument may be \code{-1} on older FTP servers which do not return a file size in response to a retrieval request. + +If the \var{url} uses the \file{http:} scheme identifier, the optional +\var{data} argument may be given to specify a \code{POST} request +(normally the request type is \code{GET}). The \var{data} argument +must in standard \file{application/x-www-form-urlencoded} format; +see the \function{urlencode()} function below. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{urlcleanup}{} @@ -288,6 +294,12 @@ path component of the input URL. If \var{reporthook} is given, it must be a function accepting three numeric parameters. It will be called after each chunk of data is read from the network. \var{reporthook} is ignored for local URLs. + +If the \var{url} uses the \file{http:} scheme identifier, the optional +\var{data} argument may be given to specify a \code{POST} request +(normally the request type is \code{GET}). The \var{data} argument +must in standard \file{application/x-www-form-urlencoded} format; +see the \function{urlencode()} function below. \end{methoddesc} |