rack::network Namespace Reference

Networking functions for HTTP requests, downloads, and URLs. More...

Typedefs
typedef std::map< std::string, std::string >	CookieMap

Enumerations
enum	Method { METHOD_GET , METHOD_POST , METHOD_PUT , METHOD_DELETE }

Functions
PRIVATE void	init ()
PRIVATE void	destroy ()
json_t *	requestJson (Method method, const std::string &url, json_t *dataJ=NULL, const CookieMap &cookies={})
	Requests a JSON API URL over HTTP(S), using the data as the query (GET) or the body (POST, etc) Caller must json_decref() if return value is non-NULL.
bool	requestDownload (const std::string &url, const std::string &filename, float *progress, const CookieMap &cookies={})
	Returns true if downloaded successfully.
std::string	encodeUrl (const std::string &s)
	URL-encodes a string.
std::string	urlPath (const std::string &url)
	Returns the path portion of the URL.

Detailed Description

Networking functions for HTTP requests, downloads, and URLs.

Typedef Documentation

CookieMap

typedef std::map<std::string, std::string> rack::network::CookieMap

Enumeration Type Documentation

Method

enum rack::network::Method

Enumerator
METHOD_GET
METHOD_POST
METHOD_PUT
METHOD_DELETE

Function Documentation

init()

PRIVATE void rack::network::init

(

)

destroy()

PRIVATE void rack::network::destroy

(

)

requestJson()

json_t * rack::network::requestJson	(	Method	method,
		const std::string &	url,
		json_t *	dataJ = NULL,
		const CookieMap &	cookies = {} )

Requests a JSON API URL over HTTP(S), using the data as the query (GET) or the body (POST, etc) Caller must json_decref() if return value is non-NULL.

requestDownload()

bool rack::network::requestDownload	(	const std::string &	url,
		const std::string &	filename,
		float *	progress,
		const CookieMap &	cookies = {} )

Returns true if downloaded successfully.

If progress is non-NULL, the value is updated from 0 to 1 while downloading.

encodeUrl()

std::string rack::network::encodeUrl

(

const std::string &

s

)

URL-encodes a string.

urlPath()

std::string rack::network::urlPath

(

const std::string &

url

)

Returns the path portion of the URL.

Example:

urlPath("https://example.com/foo/index.html") // Returns "/foo/index.html"