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How do you send HTTP post data properly through PRTG?

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Hello,

We are using the HTTP transaction sensor to verify that our externally facing sites are up. I am getting the error: "URL # 3: Read timed out." once I get to the url that requires for data. How does PRTG like the POST data to be formatted in order to handle these requests?

Below are some examples of requests I have tried to send through--

{
    "Accountnumber": "XXX",
    "Date": "XXX",
    "CVV2": "XXX",
    "Email": "XXX",
    "IsActive": true,
    "FullName": "XXX",
    "ZIP": "XXX",
}

ctl00$DefaultContent$ucSaleInformation$txtAccountNo.AccountNumber=xxx&ctl00$DefaultContent$ucSaleInformation$drpExpirationDateMonth=xxx&ctl00$DefaultContent$ucSaleInformation$drpExpirationDateYear=xxx&ctl00$DefaultContent$ucSaleInformation$txtCVV=xxx&ctl00$DefaultContent$ucAccountHolderInformation$txtAddressLine1.Address1=xxx&ctl00$DefaultContent$ucAccountHolderInformation$txtPostalCode.ZipCode=xxx&ctl00_DefaultContent_btnVerify=True

http http-transaction-sensor prtg

Created on Jun 10, 2016 6:21:44 PM

Last change on Jun 13, 2016 3:18:17 PM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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Usually like that: 

POST /path/ HTTP/1.0
From: [email protected]
User-Agent: PRTG/1.0
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 32

Accountnumber=XXX&Date=XXX&CVV2=XXX&[email protected]&IsActive=true&FullName=Test Me"&zip=01395

Make sure that the content-length number matches the length of the last line :)

Created on Jun 13, 2016 3:21:40 PM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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Thank you, Stephan! This helped perfectly.

Created on Aug 23, 2016 7:09:35 PM



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Well that took some time :D Nice that it worked out :)

Created on Aug 24, 2016 7:39:47 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]




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