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Return Types
Cookie DeleteRequest GetRequest HTTP_STATUS HeadRequest HttpClient OptionsRequest PostRequest PutRequest Response TraceRequest

Method Summary
HttpClient	createNewHttpClient() Create an http client (like a web browser with session binding) usable todo multiple request/posts in same server session.
byte[]	getMediaData(url) Get media (binary data) such as images in a variable.
String	getPageData(url) Get all page html in a variable, if this url is an https url that uses certificates unknown to Java then you have to use the HttpClient so that smart client users will get the unknown certificate dialog that they then can accept or you must make sure that those server certificates are stored in the cacerts of the java vm that is used (this is required for a web or headless client)

Method Details
createNewHttpClient
HttpClient createNewHttpClient ()
Create an http client (like a web browser with session binding) usable todo multiple request/posts in same server session.
Returns HttpClient
Sample var client = plugins.http.createNewHttpClient();

getMediaData
byte[] getMediaData (url)
Get media (binary data) such as images in a variable. It also supports gzip-ed content. If this url is an https url that uses certificates unknown to Java then you have to use the HttpClient so that smart client users will get the unknown certificate dialog that they then can accept or you must make sure that those server certificates are stored in the cacerts of the java vm that is used (this is required for a web or headless client)
Parameters {String} url
Returns byte[]
Sample var image_byte_array = plugins.http.getMediaData('http://www.cnn.com/cnn.gif');

getPageData
String getPageData (url)
Get all page html in a variable, if this url is an https url that uses certificates unknown to Java then you have to use the HttpClient so that smart client users will get the unknown certificate dialog that they then can accept or you must make sure that those server certificates are stored in the cacerts of the java vm that is used (this is required for a web or headless client)
Parameters {String} url
Returns String
Sample // get data using a default connection var pageData = plugins.http.getPageData('http://www.cnn.com');

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