UrlLoader.new

Available since: Gideros 2012.2.2
Class: UrlLoader

Description

Creates a new `UrlLoader` object.

`url` parameter specifies the URL to download. This parameter is optional and if specified loading starts immediately.

`method` parameter specifies the HTTP request method. It can be one of the values of `UrlLoader.GET`, `UrlLoader.POST`, `UrlLoader.PUT` or `UrlLoader.DELETE`.
The default HTTP method is `UrlLoader.GET`.

`body` parameter specifies the HTTP body data. This parameter is used only when the HTTP method is `UrlLoader.POST` or or `UrlLoader.PUT`.

After loading is finished, loaded data is stored at `event.data` field of `Event.COMPLETE` event as string.

 UrlLoader.new(url,method,headers,body)

Parameters

url: (string, optional) URL to download. This parameter is optional and if specified loading starts immediately.
method: (string, default = "get") HTTP request method.
headers: (table, optional) HTTP headers.
body: (string, optional) HTTP body data. This data is sent as the message body of a request.

Examples

Example

local url = "http://www.[yourDomain].com/application.php?userid=gideros&login=guest"

local loader1 = UrlLoader.new(url)
local loader2 = UrlLoader.new(url, UrlLoader.GET) -- same as the previous line
local loader3 = UrlLoader.new(url, UrlLoader.POST, "my post data")
local loader4 = UrlLoader.new(url, UrlLoader.PUT, "my put data")
local loader5 = UrlLoader.new(url, UrlLoader.DELETE)

local headers = {
	["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
	["User-Agent"] = "Gideros Browser",
}
local loader6 = UrlLoader.new(url, UrlLoader.PUT, headers, "key=value")