Class HTTPBuilder.RequestConfigDelegate

java.lang.Object
groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder.RequestConfigDelegate
Enclosing class:
HTTPBuilder

protected class HTTPBuilder.RequestConfigDelegate extends Object

Encloses all properties and method calls used within the HTTPBuilder.request(Object, Method, Object, Closure) 'config' closure argument. That is, an instance of this class is set as the closure's delegate. This allows the user to configure various parameters within the scope of a single request.

All properties of this class are available from within the closure. For example, you can manipulate various aspects of the default request URI for this request by calling uri.path = '/api/location'. This allows for the ability to modify parameters per-request while leaving any values set directly on the HTTPBuilder instance unchanged for subsequent requests.

  • Field Details

    • request

      private org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase request
    • contentType

      private Object contentType
    • requestContentType

      private Object requestContentType
    • responseHandlers

      private Map<Object,groovy.lang.Closure> responseHandlers
    • uri

      private URIBuilder uri
    • headers

      private Map<Object,Object> headers
    • context

      private HttpContextDecorator context
    • body

      private Object body
  • Constructor Details

    • RequestConfigDelegate

      public RequestConfigDelegate(org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase request, Object contentType, Map<?,?> defaultRequestHeaders, Map<?,groovy.lang.Closure> defaultResponseHandlers)
    • RequestConfigDelegate

      public RequestConfigDelegate(Map<String,?> args, org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase request, groovy.lang.Closure successHandler) throws URISyntaxException
      Throws:
      URISyntaxException
  • Method Details

    • getUri

      public URIBuilder getUri()
      Use this object to manipulate parts of the request URI, like query params and request path. Example:
       builder.request(GET,XML) {
         uri.path = '../other/request.jsp'
         uri.query = [p1:1, p2:2]
         ...
       }

      This method signature returns Object so that the complementary setUri(Object) method can accept various types.

      Returns:
      URIBuilder to manipulate the request URI
    • setUri

      public void setUri(Object uri) throws URISyntaxException

      Set the entire URI to be used for this request. Acceptable parameter types are:

      • URL
      • URI
      • URIBuilder
      Any other parameter type will be assumed that its toString() method produces a valid URI.

      Note that if you want to change just a portion of the request URI, (e.g. the host, port, path, etc.) you can call getUri() which will return a URIBuilder which can manipulate portions of the request URI.

      Parameters:
      uri - the URI to use for this request.
      Throws:
      URISyntaxException - if an argument is given that is not a valid URI
      See Also:
    • getRequest

      protected org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase getRequest()
      Directly access the Apache HttpClient instance that will be used to execute this request.
      See Also:
      • HttpRequestBase
    • getContentType

      protected Object getContentType()
      Get the content-type of any data sent in the request body and the expected response content-type. If the request content-type is expected to differ from the response content-type (i.e. a URL-encoded POST that should return an HTML page) then this value will be used for the response content-type, while setRequestContentType(String) should be used for the request.
      Returns:
      whatever value was assigned via setContentType(Object) or passed from the HTTPBuilder.defaultContentType when this RequestConfigDelegate instance was constructed.
    • setContentType

      protected void setContentType(Object ct)
      Set the content-type used for any data in the request body, as well as the Accept content-type that will be used for parsing the response. The value should be either a ContentType value or a String, i.e. "text/plain". This will default to HTTPBuilder.getContentType() for requests that do not explicitly pass a contentType parameter (such as HTTPBuilder.request(Method, Object, Closure)).
      Parameters:
      ct - the value that will be used for the Content-Type and Accept request headers.
    • getRequestContentType

      protected Object getRequestContentType()
      The request content-type, if different from the contentType.
      Returns:
      either a ContentType value or String like text/plain
    • setRequestContentType

      protected void setRequestContentType(Object ct)

      Assign a different content-type for the request than is expected for the response. This is useful if i.e. you want to post URL-encoded form data but expect the response to be XML or HTML. The getContentType() will always control the Accept header, and will be used for the request content unless this value is also explicitly set.

      Note that this method is used internally; calls within a request configuration closure should call send(Object, Object) to set the request body and content-type at the same time.

      Parameters:
      ct - either a ContentType value or a valid content-type String.
    • setPropertiesFromMap

      protected void setPropertiesFromMap(Map<String,?> args) throws URISyntaxException
      Valid arguments:
      uri
      Either a URI, URL, or object whose toString() method produces a valid URI string. If this parameter is not supplied, the HTTPBuilder's default URI is used.
      path
      Request path that is merged with the URI
      queryString
      an escaped query string
      query
      Map of URL query parameters
      headers
      Map of HTTP headers
      contentType
      Request content type and Accept header. If not supplied, the HTTPBuilder's default content-type is used.
      requestContentType
      content type for the request, if it is different from the expected response content-type
      body
      Request body that will be encoded based on the given contentType
      Note that if both queryString and query are given, query will be merged with (and potentially override) the parameters given as part of queryString.
      Parameters:
      args - named parameters to set properties on this delegate.
      Throws:
      URISyntaxException - if the uri argument does not represent a valid URI
    • setHeaders

      public void setHeaders(Map<?,?> newHeaders)
      Set request headers. These values will be merged with any default request headers. (The assumption is you'll probably want to add a bunch of headers to whatever defaults you've already set). If you only want to use values set here, simply call headers.clear() first.
    • getHeaders

      public Map<?,?> getHeaders()

      Get request headers (including any default headers set on this HTTPBuilder instance). Note that this will not include any Accept, Content-Type, or Content-Encoding headers that are automatically handled by any encoder or parsers in effect. Note that any values set here will override any of those automatically assigned values.

      Example: headers.'Accept-Language' = 'en, en-gb;q=0.8'

      Returns:
      a map of HTTP headers that will be sent in the request.
    • send

      public void send(Object contentType, Object requestBody)
      Convenience method to set a request content-type at the same time the request body is set. This is a variation of setBody(Object) that allows for a different content-type than what is expected for the response.

      Example:

       http.request(POST,HTML) {
      
         /* request data is interpreted as a JsonBuilder closure by
            HTTPBuilder's default EncoderRegistry implementation * /
         send( 'text/javascript' ) {
           a : ['one','two','three']
         }
      
         // response content-type is what was specified in the outer request() argument:
         response.success = { resp, html ->
      
         }
       }
       
      The send call is equivalent to the following:
         requestContentType = 'text/javascript'
         body = { a : ['one','two','three'] }
       
      Parameters:
      contentType - either a ContentType or equivalent content-type string like "text/xml"
      requestBody -
    • setBody

      public void setBody(Object body)
      Set the request body. This value may be of any type supported by the associated request encoder. That is, the value of body will be interpreted by the encoder associated with the current request content-type.
      Parameters:
      body - data or closure interpreted as the request body
      See Also:
    • encodeBody

      public void encodeBody()
    • findResponseHandler

      protected groovy.lang.Closure findResponseHandler(int statusCode)
      Get the proper response handler for the response code. This is called by the HTTPBuilder class in order to find the proper handler based on the response status code.
      Parameters:
      statusCode - HTTP response status code
      Returns:
      the response handler
    • getResponse

      public Map<Object,groovy.lang.Closure> getResponse()
      Access the response handler map to set response parsing logic. i.e.
       builder.request( GET, XML ) {
         response.success = { xml ->
            /* for XML content type, the default parser
               will return an XmlSlurper * /
            xml.root.children().each { println it }
         }
       }
      Returns:
    • getContext

      public HttpContextDecorator getContext()
      Get the HttpContext that will be used for this request. By default, a new context is created for each request.
      Returns:
      See Also:
      • ClientContext
    • setContext

      public void setContext(org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext ctx)
      Set the HttpContext that will be used for this request.
      Parameters:
      ctx -