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# YUI Library Examples: Connection Manager: Connection Manager POST Transaction

# Connection Manager: Connection Manager POST Transaction

To create a POST transaction using Connection Manager, you will need to construct a data string as the POST message. The following code example provides a step-by-step approach to creating a simple POST transaction.

Click "Send a POST Request" below to try it out, then read the description below to learn how to send POST data to the server using Connection Manager.

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## Using Connection Manager to Post Data and Receive the Server Response via HTTP POST

### Source file and dependencies

Load the Yahoo Global Object and Connection Manager source files:

<script src="yahoo.js"></script> <script src="event.js"></script> <script src="connection.js"></script>

### Assemble the POST message

Construct an example of key-value string of `username = anonymous` and `userid = 0`:

/* * Remember to encode the key-value string if and when * the string contains special characters. */ var postData = "username=anonymous&userid=0";

### The Callback Object

Create a callback object to handle the response and pass an array of values to success and failure as the argument.

var handleSuccess = function(o){ if(o.responseText !== undefined){ div.innerHTML = "Transaction id: " + o.tId; div.innerHTML += "HTTP status: " + o.status; div.innerHTML += "Status code message: " + o.statusText; div.innerHTML += "<li>HTTP headers: <ul>" + o.getAllResponseHeaders + "</ul></li>"; div.innerHTML += "PHP response: " + o.responseText; div.innerHTML += "Argument object: " + o.argument; } } var callback = { success:handleSuccess, failure: handleFailure, argument: ['foo','bar'] };

### Initiate the POST Transaction

Call `YAHOO.util.Connect.asyncRequest` to send the request to post.php, and the PHP script will return the a readable output of `$_POST` via `print_r()`. The `handleSuccess``` callback will print the response object's properties, including the server response data.

var request = YAHOO.util.Connect.asyncRequest('POST', sUrl, callback, postData);

### YUI Logger Output:

Note: Logging and debugging is currently turned off for this example.

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### Connection Manager Examples:

- Connection Manager GET Transaction
- Connection Manager POST Transaction
- Connection Manager Transaction Timeout
- Retrieving a Yahoo! Weather RSS Feed
- Subscribing to Connection Manager Global Events
- Subscribing to Connection Manager's Custom Events via the Callback Object
- Dynamically Loading Node Data (included with examples for TreeView Control)
- Editor Data Post with Connection Manager (included with examples for Rich Text Editor (beta))

### More Connection Manager Resources:

- User's Guide (external)
- API Documentation
- Cheat Sheet PDF (external)

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