class for REST HTTP connections; returns RestClient::RestClient objects
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Inherits HttpBasedConnection.
class for REST HTTP connections; returns RestClient::RestClient objects
supports the following options:
"connect_timeout": connection timeout to use in milliseconds
"content_encoding": this sets the send encoding (if the "send_encoding" option is not set) and the requested response encoding; for possible values, see EncodingSupport
"data": see RestClient::RestClient::DataSerializationOptions for possible values when used with the null REST schema validator; the default is "auto"
"http_version": HTTP version to use ("1.0" or "1.1", defaults to "1.1")
"max_redirects": maximum redirects to support
"proxy": proxy URL to use
"send_encoding": a send data encoding option or the value "auto" which means to use automatic encoding; if not present defaults to no content-encoding on sent message bodies
"swagger": the path to a Swagger 2.0 REST schema file for runtime API validation (see the Swagger module)
"timeout": transfer timeout to use in milliseconds
- Note
- additionally supports the following runtime option in getImpl():
"validator": an AbstractRestSchemaValidator object for REST message validation (if present, overrides any REST schema validation option provided as a connection option)
- See also
- RestClient::constructor() for more information on the above options
- Since
- RestConnection 1.4
◆ constructor() [1/2]
DEPRECATED: creates the RestConnection object.
- Parameters
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| name | the name of the connection |
| desc | connection description |
| url | connection URL (potentially with password info) |
| monitor | monitoring flag |
| opts | connection options |
| urlh | broken down URL hash (as returned by Qore::parse_url()) |
- Deprecated:
- since Qore 0.9
◆ constructor() [2/2]
creates the RestConnection connection object
- Parameters
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| name | the name of the connection |
| description | connection description |
| url | connection URL (potentially with password info) |
| attributes | various attributes. See below |
| options | connection options |
See AbstractConnection::constructor() for attributes and options reference.
- Additional Attributes
error a custom error string
◆ getConstructorInfoImpl()
| hash<ConnectionConstructorInfo> RestClient::RestConnection::getConstructorInfoImpl |
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returns a hash that can be used to contruct the object dynamically
- Since
- RestClient 1.5
◆ getImpl()
returns a RestClient object
- Parameters
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| connect | if True, then the connection is returned already connected |
| rtopts | supports the following runtime option in getImpl():
"validator": an AbstractRestSchemaValidator object for REST message validation (if present, overrides any REST schema validation option provided as a connection option)
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- Returns
- a RestClient object
◆ getOptions()
| hash RestClient::RestConnection::getOptions |
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gets options
- Returns
- returns a hash with the following supported options:
"connect_timeout": connection timeout to use in milliseconds
"content_encoding": this sets the send encoding (if the "send_encoding" option is not set) and the requested response encoding; for possible values, see EncodingSupport
"data": see DataSerializationOptions for possible values when used with the null REST schema validator; the default is "auto"
"http_version": HTTP version to use ("1.0" or "1.1", defaults to "1.1")
"max_redirects": maximum redirects to support
"proxy": proxy URL to use
"send_encoding": a send data encoding option or the value "auto" which means to use automatic encoding; if not present defaults to no content-encoding on sent message bodies
"swagger": the path to a Swagger 2.0 REST schema file for runtime API validation (see the Swagger module)
"timeout": transfer timeout to use in milliseconds
- See also
- RestClient::constructor() for more information on the above options
◆ make()
DEPRECATED: static constructor.
- Deprecated:
- since Qore 0.9 in favor of new constructor and Qore::Reflection