HttpClientRequest Class Reference

An HTTP client request. More...

#include <http.h>

Public Types
using	ReadCallback = std::function< void(const unsigned char *data, size_t len, bool done) >
	Type used for callback on read.

Public Member Functions
	HttpClientRequest () noexcept
	Create a request for the specified URL.
	HttpClientRequest (const HttpClientRequest &)=delete
	HttpClientRequest (HttpClientRequest &&) noexcept
virtual	~HttpClientRequest () noexcept
HttpClientRequest &	operator= (const HttpClientRequest &)=delete
HttpClientRequest &	operator= (HttpClientRequest &&) noexcept
virtual void	start_async (const std::string &url, ReadCallback callback)
	Start the download.

Protected Attributes
std::unique_ptr< detail::HttpClientRequestData >	m_impl
	Implementation pointer.

Friends
class	detail::HttpClientRequestManager

Detailed Description

An HTTP client request.

This works as an asynchronous HTTP request handler that uses the EGT event loop to process the request.

HttpClientRequest request("http://example.com");
request.start_async(url, [](const unsigned char* data, size_t len, bool done){
    ...
});

Member Typedef Documentation

ReadCallback

using ReadCallback = std::function < void(const unsigned char* data, size_t len, bool done) >

Type used for callback on read.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

HttpClientRequest() [1/3]

HttpClientRequest ( )

explicitnoexcept

Create a request for the specified URL.

HttpClientRequest() [2/3]

HttpClientRequest ( const HttpClientRequest &  )

delete

HttpClientRequest() [3/3]

HttpClientRequest ( HttpClientRequest &&  )

noexcept

~HttpClientRequest()

virtual ~HttpClientRequest ( )

virtualnoexcept

Member Function Documentation

operator=() [1/2]

HttpClientRequest & operator= ( const HttpClientRequest &  )

delete

operator=() [2/2]

HttpClientRequest & operator= ( HttpClientRequest &&  )

noexcept

start_async()

virtual void start_async ( const std::string &  url, ReadCallback  callback  )

virtual

Start the download.

Friends And Related Symbol Documentation

detail::HttpClientRequestManager

friend class detail::HttpClientRequestManager

friend

Member Data Documentation

m_impl

std::unique_ptr<detail::HttpClientRequestData> m_impl

protected

Implementation pointer.