Request Object

Request object of ASP is related to retrieving data by the server from the client.

Methods

Method	Description
BinaryRead	Retrieve the data part of a POST request by the server from the client

Properties

Property	Description
ClientCertificate (collection)	Retrieve the field values of the client certificate which is sent in the HTTP request.
Cookies (collection)	Retrieve the values of cookies which is sent in the HTTP request.
Form (collection)	Retrieve the element values of a form which is sent in the body of HTTP request with a form using the POST method.
QueryString (collection)	Retrieve the variable values of query string which is sent in the HTTP request.
ServerVariables(collection)	Retrieve the values of predetermined environment variable.
TotalBytes	A read only property to specify the total number of bytes sent by the client in the body of the HTTP request

Remarks

For an unknown variable of collection of a Request, The Request object returens EMPTY
The collection name can be omitted by directly calling the variable as the variable of the function. i.e. Request(variable)
If no collection name is specified, the web server searches the variable name in the collections in the order of: QueryString, Form, Cookies, ClientCertificate and ServerVariables and only the value of first instance will be returned
The methods and properties of ASP request object can be grouped into
- ReadOnly property: TotalBytes;
- Data Stream: BinaryRead;
- Data Field/Collection: QueryString; Form; Cookies; ClientCertificate; ServerVariables.

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