trying to send form information via <cfhttp>

Report · Dec 02, 2009

Hey guys, I have a ColdFusion question.

I have a simple form where a customer infputs their name and email address. The action takes the customer to a secondary page where I use <cfmail> emails them a coupon code and <cfhttp> sends all the coupon variables to a third party who operates our web store. Currently, the <cfmail> works perfectly; however, the <cfhttp> does not do its job.

The code is below. Anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

<CFPARAM name= form.name default="">
<CFPARAM name= form.email default="no email addy <webmaster@company.com>">

<cfset randomNumber=RandRange(10000, 99999)>
<cfset coupon="VIDEOMAKER">
<cfset resale="10">
<cfset resaleType="percent">
<cfset numDays="3">
<cfset qtyLimit="10">
<cfset description="10% Off for Videomaker Readers">
<cfset username="gtech">
<cfset password="cdsa3455">

<cfset couponName="#randomNumber##coupon##resale#OFF">

<cfmail to="#form.name# <#Form.email#>" bcc="webmaster@company.com"
from="Coupon Server <coupons@company.com>"
subject="Videomaker Discount Coupon for #form.Name#"
username="support@company.com"
password="6787">

<cfif form.name is not "">#form.Name#,</cfif>

Your personal coupon code to receive #resale#% off all Products is below.

CODE: #randomNumber##coupon##resale#OFF

Just enter this code in the shopping cart and save #resale#% instantly!

Your coupon will expire in #numdays# days.
-------------------------------------------------------
Have a Great Day!
The coupon Server

</cfmail>

<cfhttp
method="Post"
url="https://company.nowdirect.com/exec/gbackcoupon.tsb">

<cfhttpparam

name="discount"
type="url"
value="?couponName=#couponName#&coupon=#coupon#&re sale=#resale#&resaleType=#resaleType#&numDays=#num Days#&qtyLimit=#qtyLimit#&description=#description #&username=#username#&password=#password#"
>

</cfhttp>

Report · Dec 02, 2009

First questions first.

Have you taken the steps required to allow ColdFusion to make secure HTTPS requests of another server?

There is a good chance that you need to import a security certificate into the key store so that ColdFusion and this server and exchange the desired information in the desired encryption.

Here is the first blog I found on the topic.

http://mkruger.cfwebtools.com/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=8E44925A-B73D-E3AD-709D4E02FD6D4588

There are plenty of good tech-notes, walk throughs and how to's on what needs to be done, if this is required.

Report · Dec 02, 2009

I'm told that we have taken the proper steps to make secure HTTPS requests. I was given some advice to rewrite the code as following:

Report · Dec 02, 2009

Is the receiving site expecting url or form variables?

Report · Dec 02, 2009

Sorry, I didn't complete the message. They are expecting url with the name / value pairs as query string.

Report · Dec 02, 2009

They are expecting