provides a way to communicate with HTTP servers using Qore data structures More...

#include <QoreHttpClientObject.h>

Inheritance diagram for QoreHttpClientObject:

Public Member Methods
DLLEXPORT	QoreHttpClientObject ()
	creates the QoreHttpClientObject object

virtual DLLEXPORT	~QoreHttpClientObject ()
	destroys the object and frees all associated memory

DLLEXPORT void	addDefaultHeaders (const QoreHashNode *hdr)
	Sets the value of multiple headers to send with every outgoing message. More...

DLLEXPORT void	addProtocol (const char *prot, int port, bool ssl=false)
	adds a protocol More...

DLLEXPORT void	clearProxyURL ()
	clears the proxy URL

DLLEXPORT void	clearProxyUserPassword ()
	clears the username and password for the proxy connection

DLLEXPORT void	clearUserPassword ()
	clears the username and password for the connection

DLLEXPORT int	connect (ExceptionSink *xsink)
	opens a connection and returns a code giving the result More...

virtual DLLLOCAL void	deref ()
	decrements the reference count of the object without the possibility of throwing a Qore-language exception

virtual DLLLOCAL void	deref (ExceptionSink *xsink)
	decrements the reference count of the object More...

virtual DLLEXPORT void	deref (ExceptionSink *xsink)
	decrements the reference count and deletes the object when it reaches 0 More...

DLLEXPORT void	disconnect ()
	disconnects from the remote server

DLLEXPORT AbstractQoreNode *	get (const char path, const QoreHashNode headers, QoreHashNode info, ExceptionSink xsink)
	sends an HTTP "GET" method and returns the value of the message body returned More...

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode *	getAssumedEncoding () const
	gets the assumed encoding More...

DLLEXPORT const char *	getConnectionPath () const
	returns the current connection path or 0 if none is set More...

DLLEXPORT int	getConnectTimeout () const
	returns the connect timeout in ms, negative numbers mean no timeout More...

DLLEXPORT QoreHashNode *	getDefaultHeaders () const
	Returns a hash of default headers to be sent with every outgoing request. More...

DLLEXPORT const char *	getDefaultPath () const
	returns the default path or 0 if none is set More...

DLLEXPORT const QoreEncoding *	getEncoding () const
	returns the default encoding for the object

DLLEXPORT bool	getEncodingPassthru () const
	returns the current encoding_passthru status More...

DLLEXPORT bool	getErrorPassthru () const
	returns the current error_passthru status More...

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode *	getHostHeaderValue () const
	returns the `Host` header value More...

DLLEXPORT const char *	getHTTPVersion () const
	returns the http version as a string (either "1.0" or "1.1") More...

DLLEXPORT int	getMaxRedirects () const
	returns the value of the max_redirects option

DLLEXPORT bool	getNoDelay () const
	returns the value of the TCP_NODELAY flag on the object

DLLEXPORT bool	getPreEncodedUrls () const
	returns the current pre_encoded_urls flag More...

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode *	getProxyURL ()
	returns the proxy connection parameters as a URL (or 0 if there is none) More...

DLLEXPORT bool	getRedirectPassthru () const
	returns the current redirect_passthru status More...

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode *	getSafeProxyURL ()
	returns the proxy connection parameters as a URL without any password (or 0 if there is none) More...

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode *	getSafeURL ()
	returns the connection parameters as a URL without any password More...

DLLEXPORT int	getTimeout () const
	returns the connection and response packet timeout value in milliseconds

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode *	getURL ()
	returns the connection parameters as a URL More...

DLLEXPORT QoreHashNode *	head (const char path, const QoreHashNode headers, QoreHashNode info, ExceptionSink xsink)
	sends an HTTP "HEAD" method and returns the headers returned, the caller owns the QoreHashNode reference returned More...

DLLEXPORT bool	isConnected () const
	returns the connection status of the object

DLLEXPORT bool	isHTTP11 () const
	returns true if HTTP 1.1 protocol compliance has been set

DLLEXPORT bool	isProxySecure () const
	returns the SSL proxy connection parameter flag

DLLEXPORT bool	isSecure () const
	returns the SSL connection parameter flag

DLLEXPORT AbstractQoreNode *	post (const char path, const QoreHashNode headers, const QoreStringNode &body, QoreHashNode info, ExceptionSink xsink)
	sends an HTTP "POST" message to the remote server and returns the message body of the response More...

DLLEXPORT AbstractQoreNode *	post (const char path, const QoreHashNode headers, const void data, unsigned size, QoreHashNode info, ExceptionSink *xsink)
	sends an HTTP "POST" message to the remote server and returns the message body of the response More...

DLLEXPORT QoreHashNode *	send (const char meth, const char path, const QoreHashNode headers, const void data, unsigned size, bool getbody, QoreHashNode info, ExceptionSink xsink)
	sends a message to the remote server and returns the entire response as a hash More...

DLLEXPORT void	sendChunked (const char meth, const char mpath, const QoreHashNode headers, bool getbody, QoreHashNode info, int timeout_ms, const ResolvedCallReferenceNode recv_callback, QoreObject obj, OutputStream os, InputStream is, size_t max_chunk_size, const ResolvedCallReferenceNode trailer_callback, ExceptionSink xsink)
	send a chunked HTTP message through an InputStream and receive the response to an OutputStream More...

DLLEXPORT void	sendWithOutputStream (const char meth, const char mpath, const QoreHashNode headers, const QoreStringNode &body, bool getbody, QoreHashNode info, int timeout_ms, const ResolvedCallReferenceNode recv_callback, QoreObject obj, OutputStream os, ExceptionSink xsink)
	make an HTTP request and receive the response to an OutputStream More...

DLLEXPORT void	sendWithOutputStream (const char meth, const char mpath, const QoreHashNode headers, const void data, unsigned size, bool getbody, QoreHashNode info, int timeout_ms, const ResolvedCallReferenceNode recv_callback, QoreObject obj, OutputStream os, ExceptionSink *xsink)
	make an HTTP request and receive the response to an OutputStream More...

DLLEXPORT void	setAssumedEncoding (const char *enc)
	sets the assumed encoding More...

DLLEXPORT void	setConnectionPath (const char *path)
	sets or clears the connection path More...

DLLEXPORT void	setConnectTimeout (int ms)
	sets the connect timeout in ms More...

DLLEXPORT void	setDefaultHeaderValue (const char header, const char val)
	sets the value of a default header to send with every outgoing message More...

DLLEXPORT void	setDefaultPath (const char *pth)
	sets the default path More...

DLLEXPORT void	setDefaultPort (int prt)
	sets the default port More...

DLLEXPORT void	setEncoding (const QoreEncoding *qe)
	sets the default encoding for the object

DLLEXPORT bool	setEncodingPassthru (bool set)
	sets the new and returns the old encoding_passthru status More...

DLLEXPORT bool	setErrorPassthru (bool set)
	sets the new and returns the old error_passthru status More...

DLLEXPORT void	setEventQueue (ExceptionSink xsink, Queue q, QoreValue arg, bool with_data)
	sets the event queue, must be already referenced before call

DLLEXPORT void	setEventQueue (Queue cbq, ExceptionSink xsink)
	sets the event queue, must be already referenced before call

DLLEXPORT void	setHTTP11 (bool h11)
	sets or clears HTTP 1.1 protocol compliance More...

DLLEXPORT int	setHTTPVersion (const char version, ExceptionSink xsink)
	sets the http version from a string More...

DLLEXPORT void	setMaxRedirects (int max)
	sets the max_redirects option

DLLEXPORT int	setNoDelay (bool nodelay)
	sets the TCP_NODELAY flag on the object More...

DLLEXPORT int	setOptions (const QoreHashNode opts, ExceptionSink xsink)
	set options with a hash, returns -1 if an exception was thrown, 0 for OK More...

DLLEXPORT void	setPersistent (ExceptionSink *xsink)
	temporarily disables implicit reconnections; must be called when the server is already connected

DLLEXPORT bool	setPreEncodedUrls (bool set)
	sets the new and returns the old pre_encoded_urls flag More...

DLLEXPORT void	setProxySecure (bool is_secure)
	sets the SSL flag for use in the next connection to the proxy

DLLEXPORT int	setProxyURL (const char proxy, ExceptionSink xsink)
	sets the proxy URL More...

DLLEXPORT void	setProxyUserPassword (const char user, const char pass)
	sets the username and password for the proxy connection More...

DLLEXPORT bool	setRedirectPassthru (bool set)
	sets the new and returns the old redirect_passthru status More...

DLLEXPORT void	setSecure (bool is_secure)
	sets the SSL flag for use in the next connection

DLLEXPORT void	setTimeout (int to)
	sets the connection and response packet timeout value in milliseconds

DLLEXPORT int	setURL (const char url, ExceptionSink xsink)
	sets the connection URL More...

DLLEXPORT void	setUserPassword (const char user, const char pass)
	sets the username and password for the connection More...

DLLEXPORT QoreObject *	startPollConnect (ExceptionSink xsink, QoreObject self)
	Starts a socket connect poll operation. More...

DLLEXPORT QoreObject *	startPollSendRecv (ExceptionSink xsink, QoreObject self, const QoreString method, const QoreString path, const AbstractQoreNode data_save, const void data, size_t size, const QoreHashNode headers, const QoreEncoding enc=nullptr)
	Starts a non-blocking, polling HTTP send/receive operation. More...

Detailed Description

provides a way to communicate with HTTP servers using Qore data structures

thread-safe, uses QoreSocket for socket communication

Member Function Documentation

◆ addDefaultHeaders()

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::addDefaultHeaders ( const QoreHashNode * hdr )

Sets the value of multiple headers to send with every outgoing message.

Parameters

hdr	the hash of headers to set

Since: Qore 0.9.5

◆ addProtocol()

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::addProtocol	(	const char *	prot,
		int	port,
		bool	ssl = `false`
	)

adds a protocol

useful for c++ derived classes

◆ connect()

DLLEXPORT int QoreHttpClientObject::connect ( ExceptionSink * xsink )

opens a connection and returns a code giving the result

Returns: -1 if an exception was thrown, 0 for OK

◆ deref() [1/2]

virtual DLLLOCAL void AbstractPrivateData::deref ( ExceptionSink * xsink )

inlinevirtual

decrements the reference count of the object

Parameters

xsink any Qore-language exception information is stored here

Reimplemented from AbstractPrivateData.

◆ deref() [2/2]

virtual DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::deref ( ExceptionSink * xsink )

virtual

decrements the reference count and deletes the object when it reaches 0

Parameters

xsink if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Reimplemented from AbstractPrivateData.

◆ get()

DLLEXPORT AbstractQoreNode * QoreHttpClientObject::get	(	const char *	path,
		const QoreHashNode *	headers,
		QoreHashNode *	info,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

sends an HTTP "GET" method and returns the value of the message body returned

if you need to get all the headers received, then use QoreHttpClientObject::send() instead

Parameters

path	the path string to send in the header
headers	a hash of headers to add to the message
info	if not 0 then additional information about the HTTP communication will be added to the hash (key-value pairs), keys "headers", and optionally "redirect-#", "redirect-message-#" (where # is substituted with the redirect sequence number), and "chunked" (boolean, present only if the response was chunked)
xsink	if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Returns: the body of the response message, caller owns the QoreHashNode reference returned (0 if there was an error or no body returned)

◆ getAssumedEncoding()

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * QoreHttpClientObject::getAssumedEncoding ( ) const

gets the assumed encoding

Since: Qore 0.9.4.2

◆ getConnectionPath()

DLLEXPORT const char * QoreHttpClientObject::getConnectionPath ( ) const

returns the current connection path or 0 if none is set

Since: Qore 0.8.8

◆ getConnectTimeout()

DLLEXPORT int QoreHttpClientObject::getConnectTimeout ( ) const

returns the connect timeout in ms, negative numbers mean no timeout

Returns: the connect timeout in ms, negative numbers mean no timeout

◆ getDefaultHeaders()

DLLEXPORT QoreHashNode * QoreHttpClientObject::getDefaultHeaders ( ) const

Returns a hash of default headers to be sent with every outgoing request.

Returns: a hash of default headers to be sent with every outgoing request

Since: Qore 0.9.5

◆ getDefaultPath()

DLLEXPORT const char * QoreHttpClientObject::getDefaultPath ( ) const

returns the default path or 0 if none is set

Since: Qore 0.8.8

◆ getEncodingPassthru()

DLLEXPORT bool QoreHttpClientObject::getEncodingPassthru ( ) const

returns the current encoding_passthru status

Since: Qore 0.9.3

◆ getErrorPassthru()

DLLEXPORT bool QoreHttpClientObject::getErrorPassthru ( ) const

returns the current error_passthru status

Since: Qore 0.9.3

◆ getHostHeaderValue()

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * QoreHttpClientObject::getHostHeaderValue ( ) const

returns the Host header value

Since: Qore 0.9.3

◆ getHTTPVersion()

DLLEXPORT const char * QoreHttpClientObject::getHTTPVersion ( ) const

returns the http version as a string (either "1.0" or "1.1")

Returns: the http version as a string (either "1.0" or "1.1")

◆ getPreEncodedUrls()

DLLEXPORT bool QoreHttpClientObject::getPreEncodedUrls ( ) const

returns the current pre_encoded_urls flag

Since: Qore 1.13.0

◆ getProxyURL()

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * QoreHttpClientObject::getProxyURL ( )

returns the proxy connection parameters as a URL (or 0 if there is none)

Returns: the proxy connection parameters as a URL, caller owns the reference count returned

◆ getRedirectPassthru()

DLLEXPORT bool QoreHttpClientObject::getRedirectPassthru ( ) const

returns the current redirect_passthru status

Since: Qore 0.9.3

◆ getSafeProxyURL()

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * QoreHttpClientObject::getSafeProxyURL ( )

returns the proxy connection parameters as a URL without any password (or 0 if there is none)

Returns: the proxy connection parameters as a URL without any password, caller owns the reference count returned

Since: %!ore 1.6.0

◆ getSafeURL()

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * QoreHttpClientObject::getSafeURL ( )

returns the connection parameters as a URL without any password

Returns: the connection parameters as a URL without any password, caller owns the reference count returned

Since: Qore 1.6.0

◆ getURL()

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * QoreHttpClientObject::getURL ( )

returns the connection parameters as a URL

Returns: the connection parameters as a URL, caller owns the reference count returned

◆ head()

DLLEXPORT QoreHashNode * QoreHttpClientObject::head	(	const char *	path,
		const QoreHashNode *	headers,
		QoreHashNode *	info,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

sends an HTTP "HEAD" method and returns the headers returned, the caller owns the QoreHashNode reference returned

Parameters

path	the path string to send in the header
headers	a hash of headers to add to the message
info	if not 0 then additional information about the HTTP communication will be added to the hash (key-value pairs), keys "headers", and optionally "redirect-#", "redirect-message-#" (where # is substituted with the redirect sequence number), and "chunked" (boolean, present only if the response was chunked)
xsink	if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Returns: the entire response as a hash, caller owns the QoreHashNode reference returned (0 if there was an error)

◆ post() [1/2]

DLLEXPORT AbstractQoreNode * QoreHttpClientObject::post	(	const char *	path,
		const QoreHashNode *	headers,
		const QoreStringNode &	body,
		QoreHashNode *	info,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

sends an HTTP "POST" message to the remote server and returns the message body of the response

possible errors: method not recognized, redirection errors, socket communication errors, timeout errors

Parameters

path	the path string to send in the header
headers	a hash of headers to add to the message
body	optional message body to send (should not be 0 for a POST)
info	if not 0 then additional information about the HTTP communication will be added to the hash (key-value pairs), keys "headers", and optionally "redirect-#", "redirect-message-#" (where # is substituted with the redirect sequence number), and "chunked" (boolean, present only if the response was chunked)
xsink	if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Returns: the body of the response message, caller owns the QoreHashNode reference returned (0 if there was an error or no body returned)

◆ post() [2/2]

DLLEXPORT AbstractQoreNode * QoreHttpClientObject::post	(	const char *	path,
		const QoreHashNode *	headers,
		const void *	data,
		unsigned	size,
		QoreHashNode *	info,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

sends an HTTP "POST" message to the remote server and returns the message body of the response

possible errors: method not recognized, redirection errors, socket communication errors, timeout errors

Parameters

path	the path string to send in the header
headers	a hash of headers to add to the message
data	optional data to send (should not be 0 for a POST)
size	the byte length of the data to send (if this is 0 then no data is sent)
info	if not 0 then additional information about the HTTP communication will be added to the hash (key-value pairs), keys "headers", and optionally "redirect-#", "redirect-message-#" (where # is substituted with the redirect sequence number), and "chunked" (boolean, present only if the response was chunked)
xsink	if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Returns: the body of the response message, caller owns the QoreHashNode reference returned (0 if there was an error or no body returned)

◆ send()

DLLEXPORT QoreHashNode * QoreHttpClientObject::send	(	const char *	meth,
		const char *	path,
		const QoreHashNode *	headers,
		const void *	data,
		unsigned	size,
		bool	getbody,
		QoreHashNode *	info,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

sends a message to the remote server and returns the entire response as a hash

possible errors: method not recognized, redirection errors, socket communication errors, timeout errors

Parameters

meth	the HTTP method name to send
path	the path string to send in the header
headers	a hash of headers to add to the message
data	optional data to send (may be 0)
size	the byte length of the data to send (if this is 0 then no data is sent)
getbody	if true then a body will be read even if there is no "Content-Length:" header
info	if not 0 then additional information about the HTTP communication will be added to the hash (key-value pairs), keys "headers", and optionally "redirect-#", "redirect-message-#" (where # is substituted with the redirect sequence number), and "chunked" (boolean, present only if the response was chunked)
xsink	if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Returns: the entire response as a hash, caller owns the QoreHashNode reference returned (0 if there was an error)

◆ sendChunked()

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::sendChunked	(	const char *	meth,
		const char *	mpath,
		const QoreHashNode *	headers,
		bool	getbody,
		QoreHashNode *	info,
		int	timeout_ms,
		const ResolvedCallReferenceNode *	recv_callback,
		QoreObject *	obj,
		OutputStream *	os,
		InputStream *	is,
		size_t	max_chunk_size,
		const ResolvedCallReferenceNode *	trailer_callback,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

send a chunked HTTP message through an InputStream and receive the response to an OutputStream

Since: Qore 0.8.13

◆ sendWithOutputStream() [1/2]

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::sendWithOutputStream	(	const char *	meth,
		const char *	mpath,
		const QoreHashNode *	headers,
		const QoreStringNode &	body,
		bool	getbody,
		QoreHashNode *	info,
		int	timeout_ms,
		const ResolvedCallReferenceNode *	recv_callback,
		QoreObject *	obj,
		OutputStream *	os,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

make an HTTP request and receive the response to an OutputStream

Since: Qore 0.9.4

◆ sendWithOutputStream() [2/2]

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::sendWithOutputStream	(	const char *	meth,
		const char *	mpath,
		const QoreHashNode *	headers,
		const void *	data,
		unsigned	size,
		bool	getbody,
		QoreHashNode *	info,
		int	timeout_ms,
		const ResolvedCallReferenceNode *	recv_callback,
		QoreObject *	obj,
		OutputStream *	os,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

make an HTTP request and receive the response to an OutputStream

Since: Qore 0.8.13

◆ setAssumedEncoding()

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::setAssumedEncoding ( const char * enc )

sets the assumed encoding

Since: Qore 0.9.4.2

◆ setConnectionPath()

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::setConnectionPath ( const char * path )

sets or clears the connection path

Since: Qore 0.9.3.2

◆ setConnectTimeout()

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::setConnectTimeout ( int ms )

sets the connect timeout in ms

Parameters

ms	connect timeout in ms

◆ setDefaultHeaderValue()

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::setDefaultHeaderValue	(	const char *	header,
		const char *	val
	)

sets the value of a default header to send with every outgoing message

Parameters

header	the name of the header to send
val	the string value to use in the HTTP header

◆ setDefaultPath()

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::setDefaultPath ( const char * pth )

sets the default path

useful for c++ derived classes

◆ setDefaultPort()

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::setDefaultPort ( int prt )

sets the default port

useful for c++ derived classes

◆ setEncodingPassthru()

DLLEXPORT bool QoreHttpClientObject::setEncodingPassthru ( bool set )

sets the new and returns the old encoding_passthru status

Since: Qore 0.9.3

◆ setErrorPassthru()

DLLEXPORT bool QoreHttpClientObject::setErrorPassthru ( bool set )

sets the new and returns the old error_passthru status

Since: Qore 0.9.3

◆ setHTTP11()

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::setHTTP11 ( bool h11 )

sets or clears HTTP 1.1 protocol compliance

Parameters

h11	if true sets HTTP 1.1 protocol compliance, if false set 1.0

◆ setHTTPVersion()

DLLEXPORT int QoreHttpClientObject::setHTTPVersion	(	const char *	version,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

sets the http version from a string

Parameters

version	either "1.0" or "1.1"
xsink	if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Returns: -1 if an exception was thrown, 0 for OK

◆ setNoDelay()

DLLEXPORT int QoreHttpClientObject::setNoDelay ( bool nodelay )

sets the TCP_NODELAY flag on the object

This function will try to set the TCP_NODELAY flag immediately if the socket is connected, otherwise will it set a flag and the TCP_NODELAY option will be set on the next connection. If an error occurs setting TCP_NODELAY on a connected socket, then this function will return a non-zero value, and errno will be set

Parameters

nodelay 0=turn off TCP_NODELAY, non-zero=turn on TCP_NODELAY

Returns: 0=OK, non-zero means an error occured, errno is set

◆ setOptions()

DLLEXPORT int QoreHttpClientObject::setOptions	(	const QoreHashNode *	opts,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

set options with a hash, returns -1 if an exception was thrown, 0 for OK

options are:

protocols: a hash where each key is a protocol name and the value must be set to a integer giving a port number or a hash having the following keys:
- port: giving the port number
- ssl: giving a boolean true or false value
max_redirects: sets the max_redirects option
default_port: sets the default port number
proxy: sets the proxy URL
url: sets the default connection URL
default_path: sets the default path
timeout: sets the connection or response packet timeout value in milliseconds
http_version: either "1.0" or "1.1" to set the default HTTP version to use
connect_timeout: an integer giving the timeout value for new socket connections in milliseconds

Note: this function is unlocked and designed only to be called with the constructor

Parameters

opts	the options to set for the object
xsink	if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Returns: -1 if an exception was thrown, 0 for OK

◆ setPreEncodedUrls()

DLLEXPORT bool QoreHttpClientObject::setPreEncodedUrls ( bool set )

sets the new and returns the old pre_encoded_urls flag

Since: Qore 1.13.0

◆ setProxyURL()

DLLEXPORT int QoreHttpClientObject::setProxyURL	(	const char *	proxy,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

sets the proxy URL

Parameters

proxy	the URL to use for connection to the proxy
xsink	if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Returns: -1 if an exception was thrown, 0 for OK

◆ setProxyUserPassword()

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::setProxyUserPassword	(	const char *	user,
		const char *	pass
	)

sets the username and password for the proxy connection

Parameters

user	the username to set
pass	the password to set

Note: these settings will only take effect if a proxy URL is set, so it only makes sense to call this function after setProxyURL(); also setProxyURL() will overwrite any settings here.

◆ setRedirectPassthru()

DLLEXPORT bool QoreHttpClientObject::setRedirectPassthru ( bool set )

sets the new and returns the old redirect_passthru status

Since: Qore 0.9.3

◆ setURL()

DLLEXPORT int QoreHttpClientObject::setURL	(	const char *	url,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

sets the connection URL

Parameters

url	the URL to use for connection parameters
xsink	if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Returns: -1 if an exception was thrown, 0 for OK

◆ setUserPassword()

DLLEXPORT void QoreHttpClientObject::setUserPassword	(	const char *	user,
		const char *	pass
	)

sets the username and password for the connection

Parameters

user	the username to set
pass	the password to set

Note: setURL() will overwrite any settings set here

◆ startPollConnect()

DLLEXPORT QoreObject * QoreHttpClientObject::startPollConnect	(	ExceptionSink *	xsink,
		QoreObject *	self
	)

Starts a socket connect poll operation.

Since: Qore 1.12

◆ startPollSendRecv()

DLLEXPORT QoreObject * QoreHttpClientObject::startPollSendRecv	(	ExceptionSink *	xsink,
		QoreObject *	self,
		const QoreString *	method,
		const QoreString *	path,
		const AbstractQoreNode *	data_save,
		const void *	data,
		size_t	size,
		const QoreHashNode *	headers,
		const QoreEncoding *	enc = `nullptr`
	)

Starts a non-blocking, polling HTTP send/receive operation.

Since: QOre 1.12

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

/tmp/qore/include/qore/QoreHttpClientObject.h

Public Member Methods

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ addDefaultHeaders()

◆ addProtocol()

◆ connect()

◆ deref() [1/2]

◆ deref() [2/2]

◆ get()

◆ getAssumedEncoding()

◆ getConnectionPath()

◆ getConnectTimeout()

◆ getDefaultHeaders()

◆ getDefaultPath()

◆ getEncodingPassthru()

◆ getErrorPassthru()

◆ getHostHeaderValue()

◆ getHTTPVersion()

◆ getPreEncodedUrls()

◆ getProxyURL()

◆ getRedirectPassthru()

◆ getSafeProxyURL()

◆ getSafeURL()

◆ getURL()

◆ head()

◆ post() [1/2]

◆ post() [2/2]

◆ send()

◆ sendChunked()

◆ sendWithOutputStream() [1/2]

◆ sendWithOutputStream() [2/2]

◆ setAssumedEncoding()

◆ setConnectionPath()

◆ setConnectTimeout()

◆ setDefaultHeaderValue()

◆ setDefaultPath()

◆ setDefaultPort()

◆ setEncodingPassthru()

◆ setErrorPassthru()

◆ setHTTP11()

◆ setHTTPVersion()

◆ setNoDelay()

◆ setOptions()

◆ setPreEncodedUrls()

◆ setProxyURL()

◆ setProxyUserPassword()

◆ setRedirectPassthru()

◆ setURL()

◆ setUserPassword()

◆ startPollConnect()

◆ startPollSendRecv()