Has anyone ever sent a raw http Post? I can't find answers anywhere, and am totally stuck.

[Ginger Fenway]

No one has responded to a prior post, and I am in such a desperate dilemma that I humbly re-submit this request for a assistance.
I am new to development but have tried working this out myself, using creative examples found on StackOverflow and the other usual suspects.

I HAVE AN HTTP POST WHICH WORKS PROPERLY!

• Tested on multiple HTTP Client Utilities (such as Rest Console, Postman, PAW, etc).
• Authentication issues have already been resolved, just need this POST to execute

POST /api/adwords/reportdownload/v201409?__rdquery=SELECT%20CampaignId%2C%20ClickType%2C%20Impressions%20FROM%20CAMPAIGN_PERFORMANCE_REPORT%20DURING%20THIS_MONTH&__fmt=CSV HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxx
developerToken: xxxxxxxxxxx
clientCustomerId: xxxxxxxxxxx
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Host: adwords.google.com

WHAT I NEED HELP WITH:

• I need this POST within a file which will reside on a local storage device on a desktop machine
  
• The file will contain the code required to execute the working HTTP Post Request (pasted above) when opened in a Browser.
• (again, authentication is not an issue now)

USE CASE:

• The user will open the file in the browser,
  
• the POST will execute when file is opened/loaded
• Post happens in the background, no user interaction
• User sees the returned csv in browser window. 
  

CONSTRAINTS (My Blockers):

• Must Run client side, can not live on an app server or rely on server scripting
  
• Must be Browser based for universal desktop deployment
  
• If scripting is required, it must rely only on standard resources present on a local desktop machine
• Which will be running current versions of desktop OS's (OSX and WIN)

BEST POSSIBLE ANSWER:

(Will you be my hero?)

A detailed example of code, with a POST request formated like the one I have above

Because I may have come so close, so many times, yet failed due to obscure syntax errors, is it possible that...

• Someone could paste the complete code example, with comments telling me where to plug in my values?
  
• With no assumptions that I would know the 'obvious' tags or headers which might have to wrap around the code?
  

A great big 'Thank You' to anyone who might be able to help.

-Gingy

[Jason Stedman]

Ginger,

This forum is dedicated to issues specific to the api itself. Your question is well outside the scope of the api and is more a general coding problem.

That being said, your problem is not as simple as it seems. Even once you get a local html page to load, you wold have to bypass the cross-site scripting safeguards in your browser before it would work. This would be the approach with the shallowest learning curve, but is not a simple thing, nor a good solution.

Hope this helps at least to express the scope of your issue better.

Jason

[Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team)]

Hello,

Unfortunately, storing a static file that you would post repeatedly is not going to work. The access token you use in the Authentication HTTP header is only good for a maximum of one hour before it expires.

Like Jason said, we're here to help you if you have API-specific issues, but I can't help you fulfill your entire use case from scratch. If you do run into API-specific questions about how to make specific kinds of requests, please don't hesitate to ask.

Regards,

Mike, AdWords API Team