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SocialRequest.GetResponse

Queries details on the response.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Social	5.3	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

Deprecated

This function was deprecated.

MBS( "SocialRequest.GetResponse"; Request; Selector { ; Encoding } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Request The reference number for the social request as you got it from SocialRequest.New function. $request

Selector Which value to query. Can be Error, Response, StatusCode, URL, MIMEType, expectedContentLength, textEncodingName, suggestedFilename, StatusCodeText, Headers or a HTTP header field. "Response"

Encoding The text encoding for result in case you use "Response" for selector.
Default is UTF-8.
Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. UTF8 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Request	The reference number for the social request as you got it from SocialRequest.New function.	$request
Selector	Which value to query. Can be Error, Response, StatusCode, URL, MIMEType, expectedContentLength, textEncodingName, suggestedFilename, StatusCodeText, Headers or a HTTP header field.	"Response"
Encoding	The text encoding for result in case you use "Response" for selector. Default is UTF-8. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ.	UTF8	Optional

Result

Returns value or error.

Description

Queries details on the response.
You can use this to query if the request was successful.
For a successful request, the error value is empty (no error sending) and StatusCode is 200 (no error in web service). The response text may be xml/json depending on service and have more details. MIMEType provides data type for the response, normally text/xml or application/json.
You can use Text.MimeTypeToFileExtension to find the file extension for mime type.

Examples

Script triggered after tweeting finished:

Set Variable [$request; Value:Get(ScriptParameter)]
Set Field [Tweets::Status; MBS( "SocialRequest.GetResponse"; $request; "StatusCode" )]
Set Field [Tweets::Response; MBS( "SocialRequest.GetResponse"; $request; "Response" )]
Set Field [Tweets::ErrorMessage; MBS( "SocialRequest.GetResponse"; $request; "Error" )]
Set Field [Tweets::Headers; MBS( "SocialRequest.GetResponse"; $request; "Headers" )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "SocialRequest.Release"; $request )]

Example Databases

Mac only/Tweet on Twitter

Created 28th August 2015, last changed 12nd June 2020

SocialRequest.GetRequestMethod - SocialRequest.GetServiceType

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