IWinHttpRequest::Open method

The Open method opens an HTTP connection to an HTTP resource.

Syntax

HRESULT Open(
  [in]           BSTR    Method,
  [in]           BSTR    Url,
  [in, optional] VARIANT Async
);

Parameters

Method [in]

Specifies the HTTP verb used for the Open method, such as "GET" or "PUT". Always use uppercase as some servers ignore lowercase HTTP verbs.

Url [in]

Specifies the name of the resource. This must be an absolute URL.

Async [in, optional]

Indicates whether to open in asynchronous mode.

Value	Meaning
VARIANT_FALSE	Opens the HTTP connection in synchronous mode. A call to Send does not return until WinHTTP has completely received the response.
VARIANT_TRUE	Opens the HTTP connection in asynchronous mode.

Return value

The return value is S_OK on success or an error value otherwise.

Remarks

This method opens a connection to the resource identified in Url using the HTTP verb given in Method.

Examples

The following example shows how to open an HTTP connection, send an HTTP request, and read the response text.

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <objbase.h>

#include "httprequest.h"

#pragma comment(lib, "ole32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "oleaut32.lib")

// IID for IWinHttpRequest.
const IID IID_IWinHttpRequest =
{
  0x06f29373,
  0x5c5a,
  0x4b54,
  {0xb0, 0x25, 0x6e, 0xf1, 0xbf, 0x8a, 0xbf, 0x0e}
};

int main()
{
    // Variable for return value
    HRESULT    hr;

    // Initialize COM
    hr = CoInitialize( NULL );

    IWinHttpRequest *  pIWinHttpRequest = NULL;

    BSTR            bstrResponse = NULL;
    VARIANT         varFalse;
    VARIANT         varEmpty;

    CLSID           clsid;

    VariantInit(&varFalse);
    V_VT(&varFalse)   = VT_BOOL;
    V_BOOL(&varFalse) = VARIANT_FALSE;

    VariantInit(&varEmpty);
    V_VT(&varEmpty) = VT_ERROR;

    hr = CLSIDFromProgID(L"WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1",
                           &clsid);

    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {
        hr = CoCreateInstance(clsid,
                              NULL,
                              CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                              IID_IWinHttpRequest,
                              (void **)&pIWinHttpRequest);
    }
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {
        // Open WinHttpRequest.
        BSTR bstrMethod  = SysAllocString(L"GET");
        BSTR bstrUrl = SysAllocString(L"https://microsoft.com");
        hr = pIWinHttpRequest->Open(bstrMethod,
                                    bstrUrl,
                                    varFalse);
        SysFreeString(bstrMethod);
        SysFreeString(bstrUrl);
    }
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {
        // Send Request.
        hr = pIWinHttpRequest->Send(varEmpty);
    }
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {
        // Get Response text.
        hr = pIWinHttpRequest->get_ResponseText(&bstrResponse);
    }
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {
        // Print the response to a console.
        wprintf(L"%.256s",bstrResponse);
    }

    // Release memory.
    if (pIWinHttpRequest)
        pIWinHttpRequest->Release();
    if (bstrResponse)
        SysFreeString(bstrResponse);

    CoUninitialize();
    return 0;
}

The following scripting example shows how to open an HTTP connection, send an HTTP request, and read the response text.

// Instantiate a WinHttpRequest object.
var WinHttpReq = new ActiveXObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1");

// Initialize an HTTP request.  
WinHttpReq.Open("GET", "https://www.microsoft.com", false);

// Send the HTTP request.
WinHttpReq.Send(); 

// Display the response text.
WScript.Echo( WinHttpReq.ResponseText);

Requirements

See also

IWinHttpRequest

WinHttpRequest

WinHTTP Versions