ColdFusion® MX: From Static to Dynamic in 10 Steps By Barry Moore
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The Next Step: Advanced ColdFusion Functionality
<CFHTTP> and <CFFTP>
We have seen that we can get ColdFusion to interact with email services, such as SMTP and POP3. We also can get ColdFusion to use other Internet services, such as HTTP and FTP.
Using the <CFHTTP> tag, we can get the ColdFusion Server to hit another page on the Internet and retrieve its contents. For example, while processing a template, we might want to use <CFHTTP> to run out and grab some news or weather items off another web page and display them on our web page. The following code shows an example of the use of the <CFHTTP> tag:
Using the <CFFTP> tag, we can get the ColdFusion Server to interface with an FTP server to perform operations, such as getting and putting files and creating and deleting files and directories.
