# Chapter 15
Interacting with Remote Servers

This chapter describes how ColdFusion wraps the complexity of Hypertext Transfer Protocol communications in a simplified tag syntax that allows you to easily extend your site's offerings across the Web.

### Contents

- Using CFHTTP to Interact with the Web
- Using the CFHTTP Get Method
- Creating a Query from a Text File
- Using the CFHTTP Post Method
- Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with CFHTTP
- Performing File Operations with CFFTP
- Moving Complex Data Structures Across the Web with WDDX
- An Overview of Distributed Data for the Web
- WDDX Components
- Working With Application-Level Data
- Data Exchange Across Application Servers
- How WDDX Works
- Converting CFML Data to a JavaScript Object
- Transferring Data From Browser to Server