Package nzilbb.labbcat.http

Class HttpRequestPost

java.lang.Object

nzilbb.labbcat.http.HttpRequestPost

public class HttpRequestPost
extends Object

POST HTTP request.

Originally com.myjavatools.web.ClientHttpRequest (version 1.0) by Vlad Patryshev

Adapted for LaBB-CAT by Robert Fromont

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HttpRequestPost(String urlString, String sAuthorization)	Creates a new POST HTTP request for a specified URL string
HttpRequestPost(HttpURLConnection connection, String sAuthorization)	Creates a new POST HTTP request on a freshly opened URLConnection
HttpRequestPost(URL url, String sAuthorization)	Creates a new POST HTTP request for a specified URL

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
HttpURLConnection	post()	posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added
HttpURLConnection	post(Object[] parameters)	posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added before (if any), and with parameters that are passed in the argument
HttpURLConnection	post(String body)	posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added
HttpURLConnection	post(String[] cookies, Object[] parameters)	posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added before (if any), and with cookies and parameters that are passed in the arguments
HttpURLConnection	post(String name, Object value)	post the POST request to the server, with the specified parameter
HttpURLConnection	post(String name1, Object value1, String name2, Object value2)	post the POST request to the server, with the specified parameters
HttpURLConnection	post(String name1, Object value1, String name2, Object value2, String name3, Object value3)	post the POST request to the server, with the specified parameters
HttpURLConnection	post(String name1, Object value1, String name2, Object value2, String name3, Object value3, String name4, Object value4)	post the POST request to the server, with the specified parameters
static HttpURLConnection	post(URL url, String sAuthorization, Object[] parameters)	posts a new request to specified URL, with parameters that are passed in the argument
static HttpURLConnection	post(URL url, String sAuthorization, String[] cookies, Object[] parameters)	posts a new request to specified URL, with cookies and parameters that are passed in the argument
static HttpURLConnection	post(URL url, String sAuthorization, String name1, Object value1)	post the POST request specified URL, with the specified parameter
static HttpURLConnection	post(URL url, String sAuthorization, String name1, Object value1, String name2, Object value2)	post the POST request to specified URL, with the specified parameters
static HttpURLConnection	post(URL url, String sAuthorization, String name1, Object value1, String name2, Object value2, String name3, Object value3)	post the POST request to specified URL, with the specified parameters
static HttpURLConnection	post(URL url, String sAuthorization, String name1, Object value1, String name2, Object value2, String name3, Object value3, String name4, Object value4)	post the POST request to specified URL, with the specified parameters
static HttpURLConnection	post(URL url, String sAuthorization, Map<String,String> parameters)	posts a new request to specified URL, with parameters that are passed in the argument
static HttpURLConnection	post(URL url, String sAuthorization, Map<String,String> cookies, Map<String,String> parameters)	posts a new request to specified URL, with cookies and parameters that are passed in the argument
HttpURLConnection	post(Map<String,String> parameters)	posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added before (if any), and with parameters that are passed in the argument
HttpURLConnection	post(Map<String,String> cookies, Map<String,String> parameters)	posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added before (if any), and with cookies and parameters that are passed in the arguments
HttpURLConnection	post(javax.json.JsonObject json)	posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added
HttpRequestPost	setCookie(String name, String value)	adds a cookie to the requst
HttpRequestPost	setCookies(String[] cookies)	adds cookies to the request
HttpRequestPost	setCookies(Map<String,String> cookies)	adds cookies to the request
HttpRequestPost	setHeader(String sKey, String sValue)	Sets a request parameter value
HttpRequestPost	setLanguage(String language)	Set the Accept-Language header with the given language code, if any.,
HttpRequestPost	setMethod(String method)	Sets the HTTP method to use.
HttpRequestPost	setParameter(String name, Object object)	adds a parameter to the request; if the parameter is a File, the file is uploaded, otherwise the string value of the parameter is passed in the request
HttpRequestPost	setParameter(String name, String value)	adds a string parameter to the request
HttpRequestPost	setParameters(Object[] parameters)	adds parameters to the request
HttpRequestPost	setParameters(Map<String,String> parameters)	adds parameters to the request
HttpRequestPost	setUserAgent()	Sets the user-agent header to indicate the name/version of the library.
String	toString()	String representation of the request, for logging.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

HttpRequestPost

public HttpRequestPost(HttpURLConnection connection,
 String sAuthorization)
                throws IOException

Creates a new POST HTTP request on a freshly opened URLConnection

Parameters:

connection - an already open URL connection

sAuthorization - Authorisation string or null if none is required

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

HttpRequestPost

public HttpRequestPost(URL url,
 String sAuthorization)
                throws IOException

Creates a new POST HTTP request for a specified URL

Parameters:

url - the URL to send request to

sAuthorization - Authorisation string or null if none is required

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

HttpRequestPost

public HttpRequestPost(String urlString,
 String sAuthorization)
                throws IOException

Creates a new POST HTTP request for a specified URL string

Parameters:

urlString - the string representation of the URL to send request to

sAuthorization - Authoriztion header to use.

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

Method Details

setHeader

public HttpRequestPost setHeader(String sKey,
 String sValue)

Sets a request parameter value

Parameters:

sKey - The header name.

sValue - The header value.

Returns:

A reference to this object, so that setters can be chained.

setUserAgent

public HttpRequestPost setUserAgent()

Sets the user-agent header to indicate the name/version of the library.

Returns:

A reference to this object, so that setters can be chained.

setLanguage

public HttpRequestPost setLanguage(String language)

Set the Accept-Language header with the given language code, if any.,

Parameters:

language - The language code, e.g. "es-AR", or null.

Returns:

A reference to this object.

setMethod

public HttpRequestPost setMethod(String method)
                          throws IOException

Sets the HTTP method to use.

Parameters:

method - "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", etc.

Returns:

A reference to this object.

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

setCookie

public HttpRequestPost setCookie(String name,
 String value)
                          throws IOException

adds a cookie to the requst

Parameters:

name - cookie name

value - cookie value

Returns:

A reference to this object, so that setters can be chained.

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

setCookies

public HttpRequestPost setCookies(Map<String,String> cookies)
                           throws IOException

adds cookies to the request

Parameters:

cookies - the cookie "name-to-value" map

Returns:

A reference to this object, so that setters can be chained.

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

setCookies

public HttpRequestPost setCookies(String[] cookies)
                           throws IOException

adds cookies to the request

Parameters:

cookies - array of cookie names and values (cookies[2*i] is a name, cookies[2*i + 1] is a value)

Returns:

A reference to this object, so that setters can be chained.

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

setParameter

public HttpRequestPost setParameter(String name,
 String value)
                             throws IOException

adds a string parameter to the request

Parameters:

name - parameter name

value - parameter value

Returns:

A reference to this object, so that setters can be chained.

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

setParameter

public HttpRequestPost setParameter(String name,
 Object object)
                             throws IOException

adds a parameter to the request; if the parameter is a File, the file is uploaded, otherwise the string value of the parameter is passed in the request

Parameters:

name - parameter name

object - parameter value, or a collection of values

Returns:

A reference to this object, so that setters can be chained.

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

setParameters

public HttpRequestPost setParameters(Map<String,String> parameters)
                              throws IOException

adds parameters to the request

Parameters:

parameters - "name-to-value" map of parameters; if a value is a file, the file is uploaded, otherwise it is stringified and sent in the request

Returns:

A reference to this object, so that setters can be chained.

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

setParameters

public HttpRequestPost setParameters(Object[] parameters)
                              throws IOException

adds parameters to the request

Parameters:

parameters - array of parameter names and values (parameters[2*i] is a name, parameters[2*i + 1] is a value); if a value is a file, the file is uploaded, otherwise it is stringified and sent in the request

Returns:

A reference to this object, so that setters can be chained.

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

post

public HttpURLConnection post()
                       throws IOException

posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

post

public HttpURLConnection post(javax.json.JsonObject json)
                       throws IOException

posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added

Parameters:

json - JSON body t post.

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

post

public HttpURLConnection post(String body)
                       throws IOException

posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added

Parameters:

body - Body text to post.

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

post

public HttpURLConnection post(Map<String,String> parameters)
                       throws IOException

posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added before (if any), and with parameters that are passed in the argument

Parameters:

parameters - request parameters

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>)

post

public HttpURLConnection post(Object[] parameters)
                       throws IOException

posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added before (if any), and with parameters that are passed in the argument

Parameters:

parameters - request parameters

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>)

post

public HttpURLConnection post(Map<String,String> cookies,
 Map<String,String> parameters)
                       throws IOException

posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added before (if any), and with cookies and parameters that are passed in the arguments

Parameters:

cookies - request cookies

parameters - request parameters

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>)
• setCookies(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>)

post

public HttpURLConnection post(String[] cookies,
 Object[] parameters)
                       throws IOException

posts the requests to the server, with all the cookies and parameters that were added before (if any), and with cookies and parameters that are passed in the arguments

Parameters:

cookies - request cookies

parameters - request parameters

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>)
• setCookies(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>)

post

public HttpURLConnection post(String name,
 Object value)
                       throws IOException

post the POST request to the server, with the specified parameter

Parameters:

name - parameter name

value - parameter value

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameter(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

post

public HttpURLConnection post(String name1,
 Object value1,
 String name2,
 Object value2)
                       throws IOException

post the POST request to the server, with the specified parameters

Parameters:

name1 - first parameter name

value1 - first parameter value

name2 - second parameter name

value2 - second parameter value

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameter(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

post

public HttpURLConnection post(String name1,
 Object value1,
 String name2,
 Object value2,
 String name3,
 Object value3)
                       throws IOException

post the POST request to the server, with the specified parameters

Parameters:

name1 - first parameter name

value1 - first parameter value

name2 - second parameter name

value2 - second parameter value

name3 - third parameter name

value3 - third parameter value

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameter(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

post

public HttpURLConnection post(String name1,
 Object value1,
 String name2,
 Object value2,
 String name3,
 Object value3,
 String name4,
 Object value4)
                       throws IOException

post the POST request to the server, with the specified parameters

Parameters:

name1 - first parameter name

value1 - first parameter value

name2 - second parameter name

value2 - second parameter value

name3 - third parameter name

value3 - third parameter value

name4 - fourth parameter name

value4 - fourth parameter value

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameter(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

post

public static HttpURLConnection post(URL url,
 String sAuthorization,
 Map<String,String> parameters)
                              throws IOException

posts a new request to specified URL, with parameters that are passed in the argument

Parameters:

url - URL to post to.

sAuthorization - Authorition header to use.

parameters - request parameters.

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>)

post

public static HttpURLConnection post(URL url,
 String sAuthorization,
 Object[] parameters)
                              throws IOException

posts a new request to specified URL, with parameters that are passed in the argument

Parameters:

url - URL to post to.

sAuthorization - Authoriztion header to use.

parameters - request parameters

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>)

post

public static HttpURLConnection post(URL url,
 String sAuthorization,
 Map<String,String> cookies,
 Map<String,String> parameters)
                              throws IOException

posts a new request to specified URL, with cookies and parameters that are passed in the argument

Parameters:

url - URL to post to.

sAuthorization - Authoriztion header to use.

cookies - request cookies

parameters - request parameters

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setCookies(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>)
• setParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>)

post

public static HttpURLConnection post(URL url,
 String sAuthorization,
 String[] cookies,
 Object[] parameters)
                              throws IOException

posts a new request to specified URL, with cookies and parameters that are passed in the argument

Parameters:

url - URL to post to.

sAuthorization - Authoriztion header to use.

cookies - request cookies

parameters - request parameters

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setCookies(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>)
• setParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>)

post

public static HttpURLConnection post(URL url,
 String sAuthorization,
 String name1,
 Object value1)
                              throws IOException

post the POST request specified URL, with the specified parameter

Parameters:

url - URL to post to.

sAuthorization - Authoriztion header to use.

name1 - parameter name

value1 - parameter value

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameter(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

post

public static HttpURLConnection post(URL url,
 String sAuthorization,
 String name1,
 Object value1,
 String name2,
 Object value2)
                              throws IOException

post the POST request to specified URL, with the specified parameters

Parameters:

url - URL to post to.

sAuthorization - Authoriztion header to use.

name1 - first parameter name

value1 - first parameter value

name2 - second parameter name

value2 - second parameter value

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameter(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

post

public static HttpURLConnection post(URL url,
 String sAuthorization,
 String name1,
 Object value1,
 String name2,
 Object value2,
 String name3,
 Object value3)
                              throws IOException

post the POST request to specified URL, with the specified parameters

Parameters:

url - URL to post to.

sAuthorization - Authoriztion header to use.

name1 - first parameter name

value1 - first parameter value

name2 - second parameter name

value2 - second parameter value

name3 - third parameter name

value3 - third parameter value

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameter(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

post

public static HttpURLConnection post(URL url,
 String sAuthorization,
 String name1,
 Object value1,
 String name2,
 Object value2,
 String name3,
 Object value3,
 String name4,
 Object value4)
                              throws IOException

post the POST request to specified URL, with the specified parameters

Parameters:

url - URL to post to.

sAuthorization - Authoriztion header to use.

name1 - first parameter name

value1 - first parameter value

name2 - second parameter name

value2 - second parameter value

name3 - third parameter name

value3 - third parameter value

name4 - fourth parameter name

value4 - fourth parameter value

Returns:

input stream with the server response

Throws:

IOException - If an IO error occurs.

See Also:

• setParameter(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

toString

public String toString()

String representation of the request, for logging.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

A String representation of the request, for logging.