HTTP GET/POST on remote machines

[indiarocks]

I need to perform HTTP Posts on a remote machine from a remote machine. Is this possible ?

Say for eg. I ssh into a Linux Box B from my script on Linux Box A and I need to do a HTTP GET/Post from B to say google.com

Is this possible?

[Motoma]

I need to perform HTTP Posts on a remote machine from a remote machine. Is this possible ?

Say for eg. I ssh into a Linux Box B from my script on Linux Box A and I need to do a HTTP GET/Post from B to say google.com

Is this possible?

Yes, this is possible. There are a bunch of tools to do this, the curl program and associated libraries are a good place to start, but you could also build your own TCP connection with Python and send a POST to port 80.

[indiarocks]

but you could also build your own TCP connection with Python and send a POST to port 80.

In that case, it is going to do a POST from the PC which is running the script. I want to isolate the PC which is running the script, not to perform any such operation.

Anyways CURL seems to be interesting .. let me digg more into it.

Thanks,

[Motoma]

What it sounds like you are trying to do is set up a proxy. Let me know if this is the case.

[indiarocks]

I don't want to setup a Proxy. Ok, so here's the scenario, the PC which is running the script does not have a direct access to the destination where it needs to do the HTTP Post(coz it's on a different subnet which the script PC does not have route to). Rather it has access to a PC - say PC A which in turn has access to the destination where it can do the POST.

So, can PC that is running the script can SSH into PC-A and then perform a HTTP Post on the destination.


Thanks,
--V

[Motoma]

I don't want to setup a Proxy. Ok, so here's the scenario, the PC which is running the script does not have a direct access to the destination where it needs to do the HTTP Post(coz it's on a different subnet which the script PC does not have route to). Rather it has access to a PC - say PC A which in turn has access to the destination where it can do the POST.

So, can PC that is running the script can SSH into PC-A and then perform a HTTP Post on the destination.


Thanks,
--V

A proxy would work well for this. As would a VPN. Or a bridge.

But yes, you can do this. SSH in to the computer which is on the same subnet, then issue your curl command from that.

[indiarocks]

Yup , I can use proxy but I don't want to. Anyways, thanks a lot for the help, I guess CURL would do what I was looking for.

Thanks a bunch!!!!

[Motoma]

Yup , I can use proxy but I don't want to. Anyways, thanks a lot for the help, I guess CURL would do what I was looking for.

Thanks a bunch!!!!

Glad to help out. Come back any time.