web::http_request Class Reference
[Web client/server base classes]

#include <webclient.hh>

List of all members.

Public Types
typedef std::map< std::string, std::string, header_sort >	header_type
	header type (name/token)
Public Member Functions
	http_request ()
	http_request (const char *url, const char *addr, int port=80)
	~http_request ()
bool	open (const char *addr, int port=80)
void	close ()
bool	request (const char *url)
	send request and wait for answer
bool	request (const char *url, const char *addr, int port=80)
const header_type &	header () const
	Get header.
int	size () const
	Get content length.
char *	data ()
	Get content pointer.
Static Public Member Functions
static std::string	mangle (const std::string &s)
static std::string	demangle (const std::string &s)
Protected Member Functions
bool	sendRequest (const char *url)
	send an http request
bool	recvHeader ()
	receive the header of the response
bool	recvContent ()
	receive the content
bool	uncompress ()
	uncompress the content
Protected Attributes
header_type	fHeader
	header
char *	fData
	Data.
int	fLen
	Data length.
int	fFill
	filled data
int	fSock
	Socket.
Classes
class	header_sort
	Header sort order. More...

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Detailed Description

Class to access a web server.

brief web server access class

Author:

Written February 2005 by Daniel Sigg

Version:

1.0

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

web::http_request::http_request

(

)

Default constructor. brief Default constructor

web::http_request::http_request	(	const char *	url,
		const char *	addr,
		int	port = 80
	)

Constructor. Open connection, send request and wait for answer. brief Open connection, send request and wait for answer

Parameters:

	url	URL string
	addr	Web server address
	port	Web server port number

Returns:

true if successful

web::http_request::~http_request

(

)

Destructor. brief Destructor

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Member Function Documentation

bool web::http_request::open	(	const char *	addr,
		int	port = 80
	)

Open connection. brief Open connection

Parameters:

	addr	Web server address
	port	Web server port number

Returns:

true if successful

void web::http_request::close

(

)

Close connection. brief Close connection

bool web::http_request::request

(

const char *

url

)

send request and wait for answer

Send request and wait for answer. brief Send request and wait for answer

Parameters:

url

URL string

Returns:

true if successful

bool web::http_request::request	(	const char *	url,
		const char *	addr,
		int	port = 80
	)

Open connection, send request and wait for answer. brief Open connection, send request and wait for answer

Parameters:

	url	URL string
	addr	Web server address
	port	Web server port number

Returns:

true if successful

static std::string web::http_request::mangle

(

const std::string &

s

)

[static]

Mangle a string to escape control characters. brief Mangle

Parameters:

s

input string

Returns:

mangled string

static std::string web::http_request::demangle

(

const std::string &

s

)

[static]

Demangle a string to unescape control characters. brief Demangle

Parameters:

s

input string

Returns:

demangled string

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

• web/webclient.hh

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