Built-In Object Type: HTTPConnection

Inherits All
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Methods:
NameArgumentsDescription
addCookie
cookie
cookieValue
Adds a cookie cookie with value cookieValue to the connection headers. This should be called before a connection is made. If only cookie, it should be a Cookie instance.
connect
  Makes the connection to the server. Once connected, no more headers can be set.
getAllHeaders
  Returns an array of all the header names for the HTTP response.
getContentBytes
lengthlimit
Returns a Java byte array of the content. If lengthlimit is <= 0, all the content is returned.
getContentLength
  Returns the "Content-Length" header of the HTTP reponse. If it is not present, -1 is returned.
getContentType
  Returns the "Content-Type" header of the HTTP reponse.
getCookies
  Returns an array of Cookie's from the HTTP response sent by the server.
getDateHeader
name
Returns a date object for the name HTTP response header.
getDomain
  Returns the domain of the URL for this connection.
getFileName
  Returns the file name of the URL for this connection.
getHost
  Returns the host of the URL for this connection.
getInputStream
  Returns the input stream for this HTTP connection. This implicitly makes the connection if not connected yet.
getMethod
  Returns the HTTP method for this connection.
getOutputStream
  Returns the output stream for this HTTP connection. This implicitly makes the connection if not connected yet.
getPath
  Returns the path of the URL for this connection.
getPort
  Returns the port of the URL for this connection.
getQuery
  Returns the query string of the URL for this connection.
getRef
  Returns the reference of the URL for this connection.
getResponseMessage
getResponseMsg
  Returns the HTTP response message for this connection. This implicitly makes the connection if not connected yet.
getStatusCode
getStatus
  Returns the HTTP response code for this connection. This implicitly makes the connection if not connected yet.
getTextInput
  Returns the text input (a buffered reader) for this HTTP connection. This implicitly makes the connection if not connected yet.
getTextOutput
  Returns the text output (a print writer) for this HTTP connection. This implicitly makes the connection if not connected yet.
getUrl
  Returns the URL for this connection.
loadCookies
cookiesFile
Loads all the cookies from a saved cookies file cookiesFile. If no file name specified, default to "cookies.txt".
saveCookies
cookiesFile
Saves all the Cookie's from the HTTP response sent by the server into a file cookiesFile, or "cookies.txt" if no file name specified.