setContentType
void scrapeableFile.setContentType ( String contentType ) (professional and enterprise editions only)
Description
Set POST payload type. This is particularly helpful with scraping some site's implementation of AJAX, where the payload in explicitly set as xml.
Parameters
- setContentType Desired content type of the POST payload, as a string.
Return Values
Returns void.
Change Log
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 4.5 | Available for professional and enterprise editions. |
This method must be called before the file is scraped.
This method is usually used in connection with setRequestEntity as that method specifies the content of the POST data.
Examples
Set Content Type for XML payload in AJAX
// In script called "Before file is scraped"
// Sets the type of the POST entity to XML.
scrapeableFile.setContentType( "text/xml" );
// Set content of POST data
scrapeableFile.setRequestEntity( "<person><name>John Smith</name></person>" );
// Sets the type of the POST entity to XML.
scrapeableFile.setContentType( "text/xml" );
// Set content of POST data
scrapeableFile.setRequestEntity( "<person><name>John Smith</name></person>" );
See Also
- getContentType() [scrapeableFile] - Returns the POST payload type
scraper on 07/16/2010 at 4:56 pm
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