Calling external URL with POST data

Question

Hi:
In my action bean I have to call and external URL (outside my domain), and along with this URL 'POST' data. I have tried the following code:
try {
FacesContext lclFC = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getFacesContext();
lclFC.getExternalContext().getRequestMap().put("x_loc_zip","94804");
lclFC.getExternalContext().redirect("http://www.mysite.com/personals/search/search.html");
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new FacesException(e);
finally {
lclFC.responseComplete();
This works fine in calling the other URL, but no data is sent thru the post protocol. I have no control to the site I am calling....
I have also tried
ExternalContext ectx = FacesContext.getInstance().getFacesContext().getExternalContext();
HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) ectx.getRequest();
HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) ectx.getResponse();
RequestDispatcher dispatcher = request.getRequestDispatcher("http://www.mysite.com/personals/search/search.html");
               dispatcher.forward(request, response);
But this tends to put a "/" at the front of the called URL. Can someone please recoomed the coorect way to call a URL from yr action bean and sending it data thru post protocol. I also wish that this new URL should now be displayed within the browser. This is urgent, yr quick reply is appreciated

Answer 1

Myfaces sandbox form gives the ability to change its action url and port. Look here:
http://myfaces.apache.org/sandbox/form.html