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Posted: **19 Sep 2015, 04:06**

Msxml2.XMLHTTP is similar to WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1, BUT there are 3 big problems you should know:

It's not be able to redirect to different domain.
For example, the url http://alturl.com/it3jp will redirect to http://example.com/

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req := ComObjCreate("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
req.open("GET", "http://alturl.com/it3jp", False)
req.Send()
MsgBox, % req.responseText "`n" req.getAllResponseHeaders() ; Get nothing

It's not be able to set Referer header.
req.SetRequestHeader("Referer", "http://example.com/") just doesn't work, you can try it yourself.

It will caching the contents of the URL page.
Which means if you request the same URL more than once, you always get the same responseText even the website changes text every time.
Example:

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req := ComObjCreate("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
Loop, 3 {
	req.open("GET", "http://tmplinshi.sinaapp.com/test/time.php", False)
	req.Send()
	MsgBox, % req.responseText ; You'll get the same time each time.
}

With some Googling, I found two solutions.

Add a random parameter to the url.

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req := ComObjCreate("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
Loop, 3 {
	r := ComObjCreate("Scriptlet.TypeLib").Guid
	req.open("GET", "http://tmplinshi.sinaapp.com/test/time.php?r=" r, False)
	req.Send()
	MsgBox, % req.responseText
}

Set cache related headers.

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req := ComObjCreate("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
Loop, 3 {
	req.open("GET", "http://tmplinshi.sinaapp.com/test/time.php", False)
	;req.SetRequestHeader("Pragma", "no-cache")
	;req.SetRequestHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
	req.SetRequestHeader("If-Modified-Since", "Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT")
	req.Send()
	MsgBox, % req.responseText
}

Posted: **23 Sep 2015, 02:51**

But what the advantages to use Msxml2.XMLHTTP instead of WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1?
And where I can read about it. Here?
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/librar ... 85%29.aspx
If yes, Could You please give example how to use:
1) addEventListener: Registers an event handler for the specified event type.
2) dispatchEvent: Sends an event to the current element.

Posted: **27 Sep 2015, 22:22**

Msxml2.XMLHTTP uses the IE Browser's cookies. That's the main reason I use it. But most of the time I use WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1.

Msxml2.XMLHTTP is not same as XMLHttpRequest(). There's no addEventListener and dispatchEvent methods in Msxml2.XMLHTTP.

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3 big problems of Msxml2.XMLHTTP

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