Class: HTTPUtilityService

• Inheritance
• Description
• Class protocol
  • image specs
  • queries-service
• Instance protocol
  • accessing
  • actions
  • helpers
  • initialization
  • queries-service

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--HTTPService
      |
      +--HTTPSelectorService
         |
         +--HTTPUtilityService

Package:

stx:goodies/webServer

Category:

Net-Communication-HTTP-Services

Version:

rev: 1.16 date: 2023/09/07 20:45:29

user: stefan

file: HTTPUtilityService.st directory: goodies/webServer

module: stx stc-classLibrary: webServer

Description:

experimental

A service which provides cgi-like utilities.
For now there are:

    accessCount     - counts access to the URL passed as urlParameter.
                      Replies with a clack-counter image.
                      To count a page, add the following link to the
                      page:
                        <IMG SRC='/Utilities/accessCounter;URL=<URL-of-Page>'>

more to come

[caveat:]
    some strips only work on a bright background

copyright
COPYRIGHT (c) 2003 by eXept Software AG
             All Rights Reserved

This software is furnished under a license and may be used
only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
hereby transferred.

Class protocol:

 defaultDigitStrip

specifies the default digit-image strip to be used

 digitStrip1

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the ImageEditor of ST/X.

Usage example(s):

self digitStrip1 inspect ImageEditor openOnClass:self andSelector:#digitStrip1 Icon flushCachedIcons

 digitStrip2

a sample digit-image strip.
To use these images, change #defaultDigitStrip

 digitStrip3

a sample digit-image strip.
To use these images, change #defaultDigitStrip

 digitStrip3inv

a sample digit-image strip.
To use these images, change #defaultDigitStrip

 digitStrip3invMasked

a sample digit-image strip.
To use these images, change #defaultDigitStrip

 digitStrip4

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the ImageEditor of ST/X.

Usage example(s):

self digitStrip4 inspect ImageEditor openOnClass:self andSelector:#digitStrip4 Icon flushCachedIcons

 digitStrip5

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the ImageEditor of ST/X.

Usage example(s):

self digitStrip5 inspect ImageEditor openOnClass:self andSelector:#digitStrip5 Icon flushCachedIcons

 digitStrip6

a sample digit-image strip.
To use these images, change #defaultDigitStrip

 digitStrip6Masked

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the ImageEditor of ST/X.

Usage example(s):

self digitStrip6Masked inspect ImageEditor openOnClass:self andSelector:#digitStrip6Masked Icon flushCachedIcons

 digitStrip7

a sample digit-image strip.
To use these images, change #defaultDigitStrip

 digitStrip8

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the ImageEditor of ST/X.

Usage example(s):

self digitStrip8 inspect ImageEditor openOnClass:self andSelector:#digitStrip8 Icon flushCachedIcons

 digitStrip8Masked

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the ImageEditor of ST/X.

Usage example(s):

self digitStrip8Masked inspect ImageEditor openOnClass:self andSelector:#digitStrip8Masked Icon flushCachedIcons

 linkName

return the default path (with slash)

Instance protocol:

 digitStrip: aBitmapImage

argument should be one of my class-side-provided digit strips

 accessCounter: aRequest

count up and return a counter image for the new count.
Arrice here via the URL:
IMG SRC='/Utilities/accessCounter;url=<countedURL>'

 accessCounterUncounted: aRequest

return a counter image - but do not count up.
Arrive here via the URL:
IMG SRC='/Utilities/accessCounterUncounted'

 generateImageFor: aCount

generate a bitmap image for aCount.
Uses the digitStrip for individual digit-pictures.

Usage example(s):

self new generateImageFor:9876 (self new digitStrip:(self digitStrip4)) generateImageFor:9876 (self new digitStrip:(self digitStrip6)) generateImageFor:9876 (self new digitStrip:(self digitStrip7)) generateImageFor:9876

 initialize

look should be configurable via a settings app

 allowedMessages

return a collection of messages, that this service processes