How to send a POST request through telnet
I want to know how to send a POST request to a server (e.g. Google Search). I already know how to send a GET request,
For example:
GET http://www.google.com/
I tried doing it like this:
POST /wikipedia
or
POST wikipedia
or
POST
/wikipedia
or
POST Search: wikipedia
Anyone know how to send a POST request through telnet/cmd/batch?
Answer
Of course you can, don't listen to npocmaka! Telnet just opens a TCP connection to a port in a server and does nothing else. So, if you send the right commands (in this case HTTP request commands) the server will respond OK.
An example of what you have to write is:
POST /path/script.cgi HTTP/1.0
From: [email protected]
User-Agent: HTTPTool/1.0
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 32
home=Cosby&favorite+flavor=flies
<PRESS ENTER KEY>
I think that you have to end with a new line for the command to get send.