Class: HTTPSimpleJSONRestClient

• Inheritance
• Description
• Class protocol
  • instance creation
• Instance protocol
  • accessing
  • calling

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--HTTPSimpleJSONRestClient

Package:

stx:goodies/communication

Category:

Net-Communication-Rest

Version:

rev: 1.7 date: 2021/02/12 20:09:09

user: cg

file: HTTPSimpleJSONRestClient.st directory: goodies/communication

module: stx stc-classLibrary: communication

Description:

Abstract superclass for JSON based Rest service clients.
This passes arguments as JSON post-data.
Callable methods can be automatically detected via the protocolInfo rest call,
if the partner is an ST/X based rest service.
See concrete subclasses on how the call interface works.

[start Server with:]
    HTTPServer startServerOnPort:9876

[start a Demo Service with:]
    (HTTPSimpleJSONRestDemoService new)
        linkName:'/rest';
        registerServiceOn:(HTTPServer serverOnPort:9876)

[request:]
    |client|

    client := self newForURL:'localHost:9876/rest'.
    (client call:'protocolInfo') inspect.
    (client call:'string') inspect.


[instance variables:]

[class variables:]

copyright
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Class protocol:

 newForURL: baseUrlArg

Instance protocol:

 baseUrl

 baseUrl: aURLOrString

Modified (format): / 12-02-2021 / 21:03:32 / cg

 call: name

 call: name with: argument

argument is usually a dictionary with key-value assocs