GetServerVariable



getServerVariable

Returns the string corresponding to the requested serverVariable.

Syntax

getServerVariable(serverVariable)

Arguments

serverVariable: a number expression. It must be one of 3 pre-defined constants:

• HTTP_REFERER: Returns a string containing the URL of the page that referred the request to the current page using an <a> tag. If the page is redirected, HTTP_REFERER is empty
• HTTP_USER_AGENT: Returns a string describing the browser that sent the request.
• REMOTE_ADDR: Returns the IP address of the remote host making the request (reference: http://www.w3schools.com/asp/coll_servervariables.asp)

Return type

string

Examples

string a = getServerVariable(HTTP_REFERER);

print(a);

//Returns the URL of the page that referred the request to the current page

//Result: http://[sitename].catglobe.com/DataModule/DataCache/CGScriptPromptPage.aspx?type=DataCacheSpecification&id=[id]

//------------------------------

string b = getServerVariable(HTTP_USER_AGENT);

print(b);

//Returns a string describing the browser that you're using to run script

//Result: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; InfoPath.3)

//------------------------------

string c = getServerVariable(REMOTE_ADDR);

print(c);

//Returns your computer's IP (e.g: 192.168.1.10)

Availability

Version 5.3