SimpleWebRequestMQL

Simple GET/POST Requests for MQL4 using wininet

No need to add the URLs in MetaTrader 4 settings

Usage

• Copy the mqh file to "MetaTrader4 DataFolder/MQL4/Include/"
• (Optional) Copy the example script file to "MetaTrader4 DataFolder/MQL4/Script/"

GET Method

string getRequest(string url, string headers = "", string protocol = "https", int port = 0)

• Type the url without "https://" or "http://" and you can specify the protocol in the input parameters (default is https)
• If you leave the port number as 0, it will use port 443 for https and 80 for http
• You can also specify the headers

POST Method

string postRequest(string url, string data, string headers = "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded", string protocol = "https", int port = 0)

• Type the url without "https://" or "http://" and you can specify the protocol in the input parameters (default is https)
• If you leave the port number as 0, it will use port 443 for https and 80 for http
• default header if "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded", you can change it based on your data string or other circumstances
• data must be a string. If you want to send json data, you have to serialize it as a string.

Response

• Responses are string and you can parse it.
• This is a really good and complete json parser if you need it : https://github.com/femtotrader/rabbit4mt4/blob/master/emit/MQL4/Include/json.mqh