Below is some combined server and client code you can experiment with. Bottom isa n example of a client POST.
//zoomkat 12-08-11, combined client and server
//simple button GET with iframe code
//for use with IDE 1.0
//open serial monitor and send an g to test client and
//see what the arduino client/server receives
//web page buttons make pin 5 high/low
//use the \ slash to escape the " in the html
//address will look like http://192.168.1.102:84 when submited
//for use with W5100 based ethernet shields
//note that the below bug fix may be required
// http://code.google.com/p/arduino/issues/detail?id=605
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED }; //physical mac address
IPAddress ip(192,168,1,102); // ip in lan
IPAddress gateway(192,168,1,1); // internet access via router
IPAddress subnet(255,255,255,0); //subnet mask
//IPAddress myserver(208,104,2,86); // zoomkat web page
EthernetServer server(84); //server port
EthernetClient client;
String readString;
char serverName[] = "web.comporium.net"; // zoomkat's test web page server
//////////////////////
void setup(){
pinMode(5, OUTPUT); //pin 5 selected to control
Ethernet.begin(mac,ip,gateway,gateway,subnet);
server.begin();
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("server/client 1.0 test 12/08/11"); // keep track of what is loaded
Serial.println("Send an g in serial monitor to test client"); // what to do to test client
/*if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {
Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP");
// no point in carrying on, so do nothing forevermore:
while(true);
}*/
}
void loop(){
// check for serial input
if (Serial.available() > 0)
{
byte inChar;
inChar = Serial.read();
if(inChar == 'g')
{
sendGET(); // call sendGET function
}
}
EthernetClient client = server.available();
if (client) {
while (client.connected()) {
if (client.available()) {
char c = client.read();
//read char by char HTTP request
if (readString.length() < 100) {
//store characters to string
readString += c;
//Serial.print(c);
}
//if HTTP request has ended
if (c == '\n') {
///////////////
Serial.println(readString); //print to serial monitor for debuging
//now output HTML data header
if(readString.indexOf('?') >=0) { //don't send new page
client.println("HTTP/1.1 204 Zoomkat");
client.println();
client.println();
}
else {
client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK"); //send new page
client.println("Content-Type: text/html");
client.println();
client.println("<HTML>");
client.println("<HEAD>");
client.println("<TITLE>Arduino GET test page</TITLE>");
client.println("</HEAD>");
client.println("<BODY>");
client.println("<H1>Zoomkat's simple Arduino 1.0 button</H1>");
client.println("<a href=\"/?on\" target=\"inlineframe\">ON</a>");
client.println("<a href=\"/?off\" target=\"inlineframe\">OFF</a>");
//client.println("<IFRAME name=inlineframe src=\"res://D:/WINDOWS/dnserror.htm\" width=1 height=1\">");
client.println("<IFRAME name=inlineframe style=\"display:none\" >");
client.println("</IFRAME>");
client.println("</BODY>");
client.println("</HTML>");
}
delay(1);
//stopping client
client.stop();
///////////////////// control arduino pin
if(readString.indexOf("on") >0)//checks for on
{
digitalWrite(5, HIGH); // set pin 5 high
Serial.println("Led On");
}
if(readString.indexOf("off") >0)//checks for off
{
digitalWrite(5, LOW); // set pin 5 low
Serial.println("Led Off");
}
//clearing string for next read
readString="";
}
}
}
}
}
//////////////////////////
void sendGET() //client function to send/receive GET request data.
{
if (client.connect(serverName, 80)) {
Serial.println("connected");
client.println("GET /~shb/arduino.txt HTTP/1.0");
client.println();
}
else {
Serial.println("connection failed");
Serial.println();
}
while(client.connected() && !client.available()) delay(1); //waits for data
while (client.connected() || client.available()) { //connected or data available
char c = client.read();
Serial.print(c);
}
Serial.println();
Serial.println("disconnecting.");
Serial.println("==================");
Serial.println();
client.stop();
}
post
client.println("POST hxxp://yourdomain.com/SMSSite/XMLInterface/Postxml.aspx HTTP/1.0");
// add a header indicating you have content-data to send. If you set this too low, the server won't see it. If it is too high, the server may wait, or report an error.
client.print("content-length: ");
client.println(strlen(big_string));
// tell the server you are done with the header.
client.println();
// send the posted data.
client.print(big_string);