POSTVALUE        Add a value to an HTTP/HTTPS POST Request

This script command adds one name/value pair to a Request body previously created with the PREPAREPOST command. You will typically call this command once for each field you wish to populate on a web form. Requests prepared with these commands are typically submitted to web forms via the HTTPPOST command.

The POSTVALUE command may only be used after you first issue the PREPAREPOST command to create the Request body and specify the content-type. This example adds a name/value pair to a previously prepared Request:

         POSTVALUE "FirstName" "John"

The /file option puts the file specified in the [ value ] argument into the POST Request. This may fail if the Request's prepared content-type is application/x-www-form-urlencoded because that content-type cannot handle unformatted data. The following example adds a file named "report.zip" to the Request body:

POSTVALUE "Userfile" "report.zip" /file /contenttype="application/zip"

The /contenttype option allows you to specify the content type of the file being uploaded.  The terms "MIME type" or "Internet media type" are sometimes used as synonyms for content type and refer to an individual file.  It is possible to upload multiple files of of different types in a single Request.  Despite the similar name, file content types serve a different purpose than the HTTP Content-Type header argument required by the PREPAREPOST command.

Related Command(s): PREPAREPOST, HTTPPOST