This example code shows how you can send data (or parameters) to a URL using POST. This is the complete program source code.
The Apache HttpClient library simplifies handling HTTP requests. To use this library download the binaries with dependencies from http://hc.apache.org/ and add them to your project classpath.
HttpClient class is used to retrieve and send data. An instance of this class can...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
How To: Download contents of a URL in Java using HTTPClient
This Java function can be used to download a webpage into a StringBuilder instance using the HTTPClient class. You have to import the necessary libraries.
public static String getURLContents(String url) {
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet request = new HttpGet(url);
StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer();
try {
...
Monday, September 1, 2014
How To: Show Posts From Only Specific Categories on Your WordPress Homepage
Sometimes you'll need to show posts from only one category on your homepage. It's easy enough to do it. Following are the steps you need to follow:
Find Your Category ID
First you will have to find the ID of the category you want to show. When you're in the admin, hover over the edit link (or the title) for any of your categories and look at the address in your status-bar (that's the bar along...
Sunday, August 31, 2014
How To: Missing String Related Functions in C++ - Replace, Split, Trim etc.
String manipulation functions are really important and we often find ourselves needing them while coding in C++. High-level languages like C# and Java etc. provide such functions through methods of a string class. However, they are not inherently present in C++.
Here are some of the more frequently used string related functions. They are pretty self-explanatory. All of them are independent functions....
Thursday, August 28, 2014
PHP 7: What To Expect? Features and Expected Release Date
We are not completely sure about the exact feature set of version 7 of PHP. There are some features that we can talk about since they are being implemented in PHP 7. The rest we can only speculate based on reasonable guesses.
1. PHPNG to Become Basis for PHP 7
PHPNG is an improved PHP codebase...
C++ - Take Screenshot of the Windows Desktop using GDI+
Here is the complete C++ source code for taking screenshot in Windows:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>
#include <gdiplus.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "gdiplus.lib")
using namespace std;
using namespace Gdiplus;
int GetEncoderClsid(WCHAR *format,...
C++ - Get File Size in KB/MB/GB Format using stat()
This code uses stat() function of the built-in sys/stat.h header file, to get the size of a file.
The size is then passed to convertSize function which converts the file size to a suitable unit and returns the result as a string value.
You might want to know that stat(), however, isn't...
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