Supported Clients
SmartClient
WebClient
NGClient

Methods Summary
Boolean
addFile(parameterName, jsFile)
Add a file to the post.
Boolean
addFile(parameterName, fileName, jsFile)
Add a file to the post.
Boolean
addFile(parameterName, fileName, fileLocation)
Add a file to the post.
Boolean
addHeader(headerName, value)
Add a header to the request.
Boolean
addParameter(name, value)
Add a parameter to the post.
void
executeAsyncRequest(username, password, workstation, domain, successCallbackMethod, errorCallbackMethod)
Execute the request method asynchronous using windows authentication.
void
executeAsyncRequest(username, password, workstation, domain, successCallbackMethod, errorCallbackMethod, callbackExtraArgs)
Execute the request method asynchronous using windows authentication.
void
executeAsyncRequest(username, password, successCallbackMethod, errorCallbackMethod)
Execute the request method asynchronous.
void
executeAsyncRequest(username, password, successCallbackMethod, errorCallbackMethod, callbackExtraArgs)
Executes the request method asynchronous.
void
executeAsyncRequest(successCallbackMethod, errorCallbackMethod)
Execute the request method asynchronous.
void
executeAsyncRequest(successCallbackMethod, errorCallbackMethod, callbackExtraArgs)
Executes the request method asynchronous.
Response
executeRequest()
Execute the request method.
Response
executeRequest(userName, password)
Execute the request method.
Response
executeRequest(userName, password, workstation, domain)
Execute a request method using windows authentication.
void
setBodyContent(content)
Set the body of the request.
void
setBodyContent(content, mimeType)
Set the body of the request and content mime type.
void
setCharset(charset)
Set the charset used when posting.
Boolean
setFile(file)
Set a file to put.
Boolean
setFile(filePath)
Set a file to put.
void
usePreemptiveAuthentication(b)
Whatever to use preemptive authentication (sending the credentials in the header, avoiding the server request to the client - useful when uploading files, as some http servers would cancel the first request from the client, if too big, as the authentication request to the client was not yet sent)

Methods Details

addFile(parameterName, jsFile)

Add a file to the post.

Parameters

String
parameterName
;
Object
jsFile
;

Returns

Boolean

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

poster.addFile('myFileParamName','manual.doc','c:/temp/manual_01a.doc')
poster.addFile(null,'postXml.xml','c:/temp/postXml.xml') // sets the xml to post

var f = plugins.file.convertToJSFile('./somefile02.txt')
if (f && f.exists()) poster.addFile('myTxtFileParamName','somefile.txt', f)

f = plugins.file.convertToJSFile('./anotherfile_v2b.txt')
if (f && f.exists()) poster.addFile('myOtherTxtFileParamName', f)

addFile(parameterName, fileName, jsFile)

Add a file to the post.

Parameters

String
parameterName
;
String
fileName
;
Object
jsFile
;

Returns

Boolean

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

poster.addFile('myFileParamName','manual.doc','c:/temp/manual_01a.doc')
poster.addFile(null,'postXml.xml','c:/temp/postXml.xml') // sets the xml to post

var f = plugins.file.convertToJSFile('./somefile02.txt')
if (f && f.exists()) poster.addFile('myTxtFileParamName','somefile.txt', f)

f = plugins.file.convertToJSFile('./anotherfile_v2b.txt')
if (f && f.exists()) poster.addFile('myOtherTxtFileParamName', f)

addFile(parameterName, fileName, fileLocation)

Add a file to the post.

Parameters

String
parameterName
;
String
fileName
;
String
fileLocation
;

Returns

Boolean

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

poster.addFile('myFileParamName','manual.doc','c:/temp/manual_01a.doc')
poster.addFile(null,'postXml.xml','c:/temp/postXml.xml') // sets the xml to post

var f = plugins.file.convertToJSFile('./somefile02.txt')
if (f && f.exists()) poster.addFile('myTxtFileParamName','somefile.txt', f)

f = plugins.file.convertToJSFile('./anotherfile_v2b.txt')
if (f && f.exists()) poster.addFile('myOtherTxtFileParamName', f)

addHeader(headerName, value)

Add a header to the request.

Parameters

String
headerName
;
String
value
;

Returns

Boolean

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

method.addHeader('Content-type','text/xml; charset=ISO-8859-1')

addParameter(name, value)

Add a parameter to the post.

Parameters

String
name
;
String
value
;

Returns

Boolean

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

poster.addParameter('name','value')
poster.addParameter(null,'value') //sets the content to post

executeAsyncRequest(username, password, workstation, domain, successCallbackMethod, errorCallbackMethod)

Execute the request method asynchronous using windows authentication. Success callback method will be called when response is received. Response is sent as parameter in callback. If no response is received (request errors out), the errorCallbackMethod is called with exception message as parameter.

Parameters

String
username
the user name
String
password
the password
String
workstation
The workstation the authentication request is originating from.
String
domain
The domain to authenticate within.
Function
successCallbackMethod
callbackMethod to be called after response is received
Function
errorCallbackMethod
callbackMethod to be called if request errors out

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

method.executeAsyncRequest('username','password','mycomputername','domain',globals.successCallback,globals.errorCallback)

executeAsyncRequest(username, password, workstation, domain, successCallbackMethod, errorCallbackMethod, callbackExtraArgs)

Execute the request method asynchronous using windows authentication.
Success callback method will be called when response is received. Response is sent as parameter in callback followed by any 'callbackExtraArgs' that were given.
If no response is received (request errors out), the errorCallbackMethod is called with exception message as parameter followed by any 'callbackExtraArgs' that were given.

Parameters

String
username
the user name
String
password
the password
String
workstation
The workstation the authentication request is originating from.
String
domain
The domain to authenticate within.
Function
successCallbackMethod
callbackMethod to be called after response is received
Function
errorCallbackMethod
callbackMethod to be called if request errors out
Array
callbackExtraArgs
extra arguments that will be passed to the callback methods; can be used to identify from which request the response arrived when using the same callback method for multiple requests. Please use only simple JSON arguments (primitive types or array/objects of primitive types)

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

method.executeAsyncRequest('username','password','mycomputername','domain',globals.successCallback,globals.errorCallback, [callIDInt])

executeAsyncRequest(username, password, successCallbackMethod, errorCallbackMethod)

Execute the request method asynchronous. Success callback method will be called when response is received. Response is sent as parameter in callback. If no response is received (request errors out), the errorCallbackMethod is called with exception message as parameter.

Parameters

String
username
the user name
String
password
the password
Function
successCallbackMethod
callbackMethod to be called after response is received
Function
errorCallbackMethod
callbackMethod to be called if request errors out

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

method.executeAsyncRequest(globals.successCallback,globals.errorCallback)

executeAsyncRequest(username, password, successCallbackMethod, errorCallbackMethod, callbackExtraArgs)

Executes the request method asynchronous.
Success callback method will be called when response is received. Response is sent as parameter in callback followed by any 'callbackExtraArgs' that were given.
If no response is received (request errors out), the errorCallbackMethod is called with exception message as parameter followed by any 'callbackExtraArgs' that were given.

Parameters

String
username
the user name
String
password
the password
Function
successCallbackMethod
callbackMethod to be called after response is received
Function
errorCallbackMethod
callbackMethod to be called if request errors out
Array
callbackExtraArgs
extra arguments that will be passed to the callback methods; can be used to identify from which request the response arrived when using the same callback method for multiple requests. Please use only simple JSON arguments (primitive types or array/objects of primitive types)

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

method.executeAsyncRequest(globals.successCallback,globals.errorCallback, [callIDInt])

executeAsyncRequest(successCallbackMethod, errorCallbackMethod)

Execute the request method asynchronous. Success callback method will be called when response is received. Response is sent as parameter in callback. If no response is received (request errors out), the errorCallbackMethod is called with exception message as parameter.

Parameters

Function
successCallbackMethod
callbackMethod to be called after response is received
Function
errorCallbackMethod
callbackMethod to be called if request errors out

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

method.executeAsyncRequest(globals.successCallback,globals.errorCallback)

executeAsyncRequest(successCallbackMethod, errorCallbackMethod, callbackExtraArgs)

Executes the request method asynchronous.
Success callback method will be called when response is received. Response is sent as parameter in callback followed by any 'callbackExtraArgs' that were given.
If no response is received (request errors out), the errorCallbackMethod is called with exception message as parameter followed by any 'callbackExtraArgs' that were given.

Parameters

Function
successCallbackMethod
callbackMethod to be called after response is received
Function
errorCallbackMethod
callbackMethod to be called if request errors out
Array
callbackExtraArgs
extra arguments that will be passed to the callback methods; can be used to identify from which request the response arrived when using the same callback method for multiple requests. Please use only simple JSON arguments (primitive types or array/objects of primitive types)

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

method.executeAsyncRequest(globals.successCallback,globals.errorCallback, [callIDInt])

executeRequest()

Execute the request method.

Returns

Response

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

var response = method.executeRequest()

To be able to reuse the client, the response must be
closed if the content is not read via getResponseBody
 or getMediaData:

response.close()

executeRequest(userName, password)

Execute the request method.

Parameters

String
userName
the user name
String
password
the password

Returns

Response

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

var response = method.executeRequest()

To be able to reuse the client, the response must be
closed if the content is not read via getResponseBody
 or getMediaData:

response.close()

executeRequest(userName, password, workstation, domain)

Execute a request method using windows authentication.

Parameters

String
userName
the user name
String
password
the password
String
workstation
The workstation the authentication request is originating from.
String
domain
The domain to authenticate within.

Returns

Response

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

var response = method.executeRequest('username','password','mycomputername','domain');

setBodyContent(content)

Set the body of the request.

Parameters

String
content
;

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

method.setBodyContent(content)

setBodyContent(content, mimeType)

Set the body of the request and content mime type.

Parameters

String
content
;
String
mimeType
;

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

method.setBodyContent(content, 'text/xml')

setCharset(charset)

Set the charset used when posting. If this is null or not called it will use the default charset (UTF-8).

Parameters

Object
charset
;

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

var client = plugins.http.createNewHttpClient();
var poster = client.createPostRequest('https://twitter.com/statuses/update.json');
poster.addParameter('status',scopes.globals.textToPost);
poster.addParameter('source','Test Source');
poster.setCharset('UTF-8');
var httpCode = poster.executeRequest(scopes.globals.twitterUserName, scopes.globals.twitterPassword).getStatusCode() // httpCode 200 is ok

setFile(file)

Set a file to put.

Parameters

Object
file
;

Returns

Boolean

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

putRequest.setFile(jsFileInstance)

setFile(filePath)

Set a file to put.

Parameters

String
filePath
;

Returns

Boolean

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample

putRequest.setFile('c:/temp/manual_01a.doc')

usePreemptiveAuthentication(b)

Whatever to use preemptive authentication (sending the credentials in the header, avoiding the server request to
the client - useful when uploading files, as some http servers would cancel the first request from the client, if too big,
as the authentication request to the client was not yet sent)

Parameters

Boolean
b
;

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient

Sample