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1 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
2 | // Name: protocol/http.h | |
e54c96f1 | 3 | // Purpose: interface of wxHTTP |
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4 | // Author: wxWidgets team |
5 | // RCS-ID: $Id$ | |
6 | // Licence: wxWindows license | |
7 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// | |
8 | ||
9 | /** | |
10 | @class wxHTTP | |
7c913512 | 11 | |
a30b5ab9 | 12 | wxHTTP can be used to establish a connection to an HTTP server. |
7c913512 | 13 | |
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14 | wxHTTP can thus be used to create a (basic) HTTP @b client. |
15 | ||
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16 | @library{wxnet} |
17 | @category{net} | |
7c913512 | 18 | |
e54c96f1 | 19 | @see wxSocketBase, wxURL |
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20 | */ |
21 | class wxHTTP : public wxProtocol | |
22 | { | |
23 | public: | |
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24 | /** |
25 | Default constructor. | |
26 | */ | |
27 | wxHTTP(); | |
28 | ||
29 | /** | |
30 | Destructor will close the connection if connected. | |
31 | */ | |
32 | virtual ~wxHTTP(); | |
33 | ||
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34 | //@{ |
35 | /** | |
36 | Connect to the HTTP server. | |
37 | ||
38 | By default, connection is made to the port 80 of the specified @a host. | |
39 | You may connect to a non-default port by specifying it explicitly using | |
40 | the second overload. | |
41 | */ | |
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42 | virtual bool Connect(const wxString& host); |
43 | virtual bool Connect(const wxString& host, unsigned short port); | |
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44 | //@} |
45 | ||
23324ae1 | 46 | /** |
730b772b | 47 | Returns the data attached with a field whose name is specified by @a header. |
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48 | If the field doesn't exist, it will return an empty string and not a @NULL string. |
49 | ||
50 | @note | |
51 | The header is not case-sensitive, i.e. "CONTENT-TYPE" and "content-type" | |
52 | represent the same header. | |
23324ae1 | 53 | */ |
adaaa686 | 54 | wxString GetHeader(const wxString& header) const; |
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55 | |
56 | /** | |
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57 | Creates a new input stream on the specified path. |
58 | ||
59 | Notice that this stream is unseekable, i.e. SeekI() and TellI() methods | |
60 | shouldn't be used. | |
61 | ||
7c913512 | 62 | Note that you can still know the size of the file you are getting using |
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63 | wxStreamBase::GetSize(). However there is a limitation: in HTTP protocol, |
64 | the size is not always specified so sometimes @c (size_t)-1 can returned to | |
65 | indicate that the size is unknown. | |
66 | In such case, you may want to use wxInputStream::LastRead() method in a loop | |
67 | to get the total size. | |
68 | ||
d29a9a8a | 69 | @return Returns the initialized stream. You must delete it yourself |
a30b5ab9 | 70 | once you don't use it anymore and this must be done before |
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71 | the wxHTTP object itself is destroyed. The destructor |
72 | closes the network connection. The next time you will | |
73 | try to get a file the network connection will have to | |
74 | be reestablished, but you don't have to take care of | |
75 | this since wxHTTP reestablishes it automatically. | |
a30b5ab9 | 76 | |
4cc4bfaf | 77 | @see wxInputStream |
23324ae1 | 78 | */ |
adaaa686 | 79 | virtual wxInputStream* GetInputStream(const wxString& path); |
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80 | |
81 | /** | |
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82 | Returns the HTTP response code returned by the server. |
83 | ||
84 | Please refer to RFC 2616 for the list of responses. | |
23324ae1 | 85 | */ |
730b772b | 86 | int GetResponse() const; |
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87 | |
88 | /** | |
89 | It sets data of a field to be sent during the next request to the HTTP server. | |
a30b5ab9 | 90 | |
730b772b | 91 | The field name is specified by @a header and the content by @a h_data. |
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92 | This is a low level function and it assumes that you know what you are doing. |
93 | */ | |
94 | void SetHeader(const wxString& header, const wxString& h_data); | |
95 | }; | |
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