CURL.GetResultAsContainer

Returns the result of the transaction as container value with auto detection of type.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
curl	The CURL session handle.	$curl
Filename	The desired file name. Since 13.3 only used if download has no file name.	test.jpg	Optional
PluginDetect	If 1 the plugin will do the file type detection. If not provided or 0 and the FileMaker version is 13.0 or newer, the FileMaker engine will decide on the type.		Optional

Result

Returns container value or error.

Description

Examples

Load JPEG from URL to container:

# start new transfer
Set Variable [$curl; Value:MBS("CURL.New")]
# set URL
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("CURL.SetOptionURL"; $curl; "https://monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/images/devcon2013.jpg")]
# run transfer
Set Variable [$ErrorCode; Value:MBS("CURL.Perform"; $curl)]
# get result as JPG and store in field:
Set Variable [$Result; Value:MBS( "CURL.GetResultAsContainer"; $curl)]
Set Field [test::MyContainerField; $Result]
# get debug messages:
Set Variable [$DebugMessages; Value:MBS( "CURL.GetDebugMessages"; $curl)]
# cleanup
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("CURL.Release"; $curl)]

Download picture and scale it down:

Set Variable [ $curl ; Value: MBS("CURL.New") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("CURL.SetOptionURL"; $curl; MIX::URL) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("CURL.SetOptionFollowLocation"; $curl; 1) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("CURL.SetOptionMaxRedirs"; $curl; 3) ]
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: MBS("CURL.Perform"; $curl) ]
Set Variable [ $debug ; Value: MBS( "CURL.GetDebugMessages"; $curl) ]
If [ $result = "OK" ]
    Set Variable [ $Image ; Value: MBS( "CURL.GetResultAsContainer"; $curl) ]
    Set Variable [ $ImageRef ; Value: MBS("GMImage.NewFromContainer"; $image) ]
    If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ]
        Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("GMImage.Scale";$ImageRef; "256x256>") ]
        Set Variable [ $ScaledImage ; Value: MBS("GMImage.WriteToJPEGContainer"; $ImageRef) ]
        If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ]
            Set Field [ MIX::Image ; $ScaledImage ]
        End If
        Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("GMImage.Release";$ImageRef) ]
    End If
End If
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("CURL.Release"; $curl) ]

Get file name for container from header:

Set Variable [ $name ; Value: "" ]
Set Variable [ $headers ; Value: MBS( "CURL.GetHeaders”; $curl; "UTF-8") ]
Set Variable [ $headers ; Value: MBS( "List.MatchesPrefix"; $headers; "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=") ]
If [ Length($headers) > 0 ]
    Set Variable [ $name ; Value: Middle ( $headers ; 43 ; Length($headers) ) ]
End If
Set Field [ CURL Test::File ; MBS("CURL.GetResultAsContainer"; $curl; $name) ]

See also

• Container.ReadImage
• CURL.Perform
• CURL.Release
• CURL.SetOptionMaxRedirs
• GMImage.New
• GMImage.NewFromContainer
• GMImage.Release
• GMImage.Scale
• GMImage.WriteToJPEGContainer
• IsError

Release notes

• Version 13.4
  • Fixed a possible crash in CURL.GetResultAsContainer function.
• Version 13.3
  • Fixed CURL.GetResultAsContainer function to prefer the download name over the given fallback name.
• Version 8.5
  • Fixed edge case for filename in CURL.GetResultAsContainer function.
• Version 7.2
  • Changed CURL.GetResultAsContainer to use filename from Content-Disposition header.
  • Fixed crash in CURL.GetResultAsContainer when detecting file extension from mime type.

Example Databases

• CURL/Amazon S3/Containers in S3
• CURL/CURL Custom Function
• CURL/CURL Download Picture
• CURL/CURL Download to Container
• CURL/Download Async
• WebViewer/WebViewer Images

Blog Entries

• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 13.3pr1
• CURL Custom Function
• Translating Insert from URL options for CURL to MBS Plugin calls
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 8.5pr6
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 7.2pr1
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 6.3pr5
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 5.2pr4

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Created 15th June 2015, last changed 8th July 2023

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