Class HttpRequest

Superclasses :

util::SetFields
lang::Object

Package :

http

Encapsulate one request to HttpClient.

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Class summary

Methods inherited from util::SetFields

as_attrib(attr, val) attrib(a[]) cset_val(attr, val) field_error(s) int_val(attr, val) int_vals(attr, val, n) numeric_val(attr, val) numeric_vals(attr, val, n) set_fields(l) string_val(attr, val) string_vals(attr, val, n) test_flag(attr, val)

Methods inherited from lang::Object

clone(seen) equals(other, seen) get_class() get_class_name() get_id() hash_code(depth, seen) is_instance(name) to_string(depth, seen)

Methods defined in this class

add_header(key, val) initially() set_content_type(content_type) set_data_file(s) set_header(key, val) set_html_form_data(t) set_method(the_method) set_one(attr, val) set_password(s) set_post_data(post_data) set_referer(s) set_url(url) set_use_temporary_data_file() set_username(s) unset_header(key)

Variables defined in this class

content_type data_file headers password post_data referer the_method url username

Method detail

add_header(key, val)

Add a request header with the given key, after any existing ones with the same key

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Set the content type of the post data.

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Set a filename to send the data part of the response to. If not set then the data forms part of the HttpPage object returned.

Parameters :

s - the name of the file.

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Set a request header with the given key; any existing headers with the same key are removed.

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Convenience method to set the post data from a table which represents html form post data. The content type is set appropriately too.

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Set the request method type. The default is GET, unless post data is set, in which case the default is POST.

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Overrides set_one(attr, val) in util::SetFields

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Set the password to use for authentication

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Set the data to be used in a POST request, and set the method to "POST".

Parameters :

post_data - A string

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Set the referer page.

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Set the desired url.

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Setup a temporary file for the HttpClient object to use as a data file. On success, this will be returned as a field in the HttpPage object.

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Set the username to use for authentication

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Unset the header(s) for the given key

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