<gglConnection variable>.Request (Function)

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<gglConnection variable>.Request (Function)

In french: <Variable gglConnexion>.Requête

Sends a communication request (HTTP request) to a Google service.

Example

// Connection
Cnt is gglConnection
...
IF Cnt.Connect() =False THEN
Error(ErrorInfo())
END

// Query without parameter
XMLQry is string = Cnt.Request(gglServiceDocuments, ...
"http://docs.google.com/feeds/documents/private/full")
// Query with parameters (search for "Casimir")
XMLQry = Cnt.Request(gglServiceDocuments, ...
"http://docs.google.com/feeds/documents/private/full?q=Casimir")

Syntax

<Result> = <Google connection>.Request(<Google service> , <HTTP request> [, <Data to send> [, <Type of request>]])

<Result>: ANSI character string

Server response,
Empty string ("") if an error occurs (ErrorOccurred variable set to True).

<Google connection>: gglConnection variable

Name of the gglConnection variable to be used. This connection was validated by <gglConnection variable>.Connect.

<Google service>: Integer constant

Google service on which the request will be performed:
gglServiceCalendar "Google Calendar" service: Google calendar
gglServiceContacts "Google Contacts" service: Management of Google contacts.
Warning
Since June 15, 2021, the Google Contacts API used by this feature is no longer available (https://developers.google.com/contacts/v3/announcement). For more details, see Management of Google contacts.
gglServiceDocuments "Google Documents List" service: Management of documents
gglServicePicasa "Picasa" service
gglServiceStaticMaps "Google Static Maps" service: Management of maps

<HTTP request>: Character string

Full URL of request (including the parameters stored in the URL if necessary). See the Google documentation corresponding to the service used for more details.

<Data to send>: Optional character string

Data that must be sent onto the server. See the Google documentation corresponding to the service used for more details.

<Type of request>: Optional integer constant

Type of HTTP request to send:
gglHTTPDelete Delete request.
gglHTTPGet Get request.
gglHTTPPost Post request.
gglHTTPPut Put request.

If <Data to send> is specified, the requests are gglHTTPPost requests by default.
If <Data to send> is not specified, the requests are ggHTTPGet requests by default.

Remarks

Possible error cases:

The Internet connection is not valid.
The authentication was not performed properly.
The server returns an error.

To find out whether an error occurred, use the ErrorOccurred variable.

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