Package ca.uqac.lif.cep.http

Class HttpGateway

java.lang.Object

ca.uqac.lif.cep.http.HttpGateway

public abstract class HttpGateway
extends Object

Utility methods for handling HTTP requests.

Author:

Sylvain Hall�

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	s_userAgent

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	sendGet(String url)	Sends a GET request to a specified URL
static String	sendPost(String url, String payload)	Sends a POST request to a specified URL

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

s_userAgent

public static final transient String s_userAgent

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

sendGet

public static String sendGet(String url)
                      throws IOException,
URISyntaxException

Sends a GET request to a specified URL

Parameters:

url - The URL

Returns:

The string of the HTTP response

Throws:

IOException - If something goes wrong with the request

URISyntaxException - If the URL is malformed

sendPost

public static String sendPost(String url,
 String payload)
                       throws IOException,
URISyntaxException

Sends a POST request to a specified URL

Parameters:

url - The URL

payload - The request's payload

Returns:

The string of the HTTP response

Throws:

IOException - If something goes wrong with the request

URISyntaxException - If the URL is malformed