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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Executing tasks on a web server
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If you need to call into another language, framework or similar, you can
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do so by using HTTP callback tasks.
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-The HTTP callback tasks uses GET/POST arguments and uses a simple JSON response
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+The HTTP callback tasks use GET/POST arguments and a simple JSON response
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to return results. The scheme to call a task is::
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GET http://example.com/mytask/?arg1=a&arg2=b&arg3=c
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@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ or using POST::
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POST http://example.com/mytask
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+FIXME: what is the content type? post as formencoded or as text/plain
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+with json ? support both?
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+
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Whether to use GET or POST is up to you and your requirements.
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The web page should then return a response in the following format
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@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ or in Ruby on Rails:
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end
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You can easily port this scheme to any language/framework;
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-New examples and libraries are very welcome.
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+new examples and libraries are very welcome.
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To execute the task you use the :class:`URL` class:
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Rune Halvorsen