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Communicate with Web services using HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)

The MATLAB® RESTful web services functions webread, websave, webwrite, and the support function weboptions allow non-programmers to access many web services using HTTP GET and POST methods. For information about these functions, see Web Services.

However, some interactions with a web service are more complex and require functionality not supported by the RESTful web services functions. The MATLAB HTTP interface provides classes for writing web access applications. The interface includes classes for messages, their headers and fields, and other entities defined in The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF®) standards. The interface contains functions that implement semantics of HTTP messaging and utilities for processing the data sent and received. It also contains support classes required to process, transmit, and receive messages.

The web services APIs only support HTTP 1.1.

Classes

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HTTP Messages

Header Field Class and Field Namespace

Streaming Content Consumers

Streaming Content Providers

HTTP Support

URI Support

Functions

Namespaces

Topics

• What Is the HTTP Interface?
  Use the HTTP interface to issue properly structured HTTP requests and process their responses.
• Send and Receive HTTP Messages
  This example shows how to send a request to a server that involves redirection and might require digest authentication.
• HTTP Data Type Conversion
  The MATLAB HTTP interface automatically converts data types used in HTTP messages to and from MATLAB types.
• Manage Cookies
  How to manage cookies in HTTP messages.
• Display Progress Monitor for HTTP Message
  How to implement a progress monitor.
• Display Streamed Data in Figure Window
  Stream data from a website using a custom StringConsumer and display the results in a figure window.
• Display JPEG Images Streamed from IP Camera
  Stream video from a website using a MultipartConsumer.
• Send Multipart Form Messages
  Tips for using multipart form messages.
• Manually Redirect HTTP Messages
  Use cookies to manually handle redirects.