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Return Types
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Method Summary
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.
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)
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Method Details
createNewHttpClient
()
Create an http client (like a web browser with session binding) usable todo multiple request/posts in same server session.
Sample
var client = plugins.http.createNewHttpClient();
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)
Returns
byte[]
Sample
var image_byte_array = plugins.http.getMediaData('http://www.cnn.com/cnn.gif');
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)
Sample
// get data using a default connection var pageData = plugins.http.getPageData('http://www.cnn.com');