wxWebSession Class Reference

#include <wx/webrequest.h>

Detailed Description

Session allows creating wxWebRequest objects used for the actual HTTP requests.

It also handles session-wide parameters and data used by wxWebRequest instances.

Usually the default session available via wxWebSession::GetDefault() should be used. Additional instances might be useful if session separation is required. Instances must not be deleted before every active web request has finished.

Every wxWebRequest sharing the same session object will use the same cookies. Additionally, an underlying network connection might be kept alive to achieve faster additional responses.

Since

3.1.5

Library:  wxNet

Category:  Networking

See also

wxWebRequest

Public Member Functions
wxWebRequest	CreateRequest (wxEvtHandler *handler, const wxString &url, int id=wxID_ANY)
	Create a new request for the specified URL. More...
virtual wxVersionInfo	GetLibraryVersionInfo ()
	Retrieve the version information about the implementation library used by this session. More...
void	AddCommonHeader (const wxString &name, const wxString &value)
	Sets a request header in every wxWebRequest created from this session after is has been set. More...
void	SetTempDir (const wxString &dir)
	Override the default temporary directory that may be used by the session implementation, when required. More...
wxString	GetTempDir () const
	Returns the current temporary directory. More...
wxWebSessionHandle	GetNativeHandle () const
	Return the native handle corresponding to this session object. More...
bool	IsOpened () const
	Return true if the session was successfully opened and can be used. More...
void	Close ()
	Close the session. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static wxWebSession &	GetDefault ()
	Returns the default session. More...
static wxWebSession	New (const wxString &backend=wxString())
	Creates a new wxWebSession object. More...
static bool	IsBackendAvailable (const wxString &backend)
	Allows to check if the specified backend is available at runtime. More...

Member Function Documentation

AddCommonHeader()

void wxWebSession::AddCommonHeader	(	const wxString &	name,
		const wxString &	value
	)

Sets a request header in every wxWebRequest created from this session after is has been set.

A good example for a session-wide request header is the User-Agent header.

Calling this function with the same header name again replaces the previously used value.

Parameters

name	Name of the header
value	String value of the header

Close()

void wxWebSession::Close

(

)

Close the session.

This frees any resources associated with the session and puts it in an invalid state. Another session object can be assigned to it later to allow using this object again.

CreateRequest()

wxWebRequest wxWebSession::CreateRequest	(	wxEvtHandler *	handler,
		const wxString &	url,
		int	id = wxID_ANY
	)

Create a new request for the specified URL.

The specified objects will be notified via wxWebRequestEvent objects when the request state changes, e.g. when it is completed. It must be specified and its lifetime must be long enough to last until the request is completed. In particular, if the handler is a top-level window, the request must be cancelled before the window can be closed and destroyed.

Parameters

handler	The handler object to notify, must be non-NULL.
url	The URL of the HTTP resource for this request
id	Optional id sent with events

Returns

The new request object, use wxWebRequest::IsOk() to check if its creation has succeeded.

GetDefault()

static wxWebSession & wxWebSession::GetDefault ( )

static

Returns the default session.

GetLibraryVersionInfo()

virtual wxVersionInfo wxWebSession::GetLibraryVersionInfo ( )

virtual

Retrieve the version information about the implementation library used by this session.

GetNativeHandle()

wxWebSessionHandle wxWebSession::GetNativeHandle

(

)

const

Return the native handle corresponding to this session object.

wxWebSessionHandle is an opaque type containing a value of the following type according to the backend being used:

• For WinHTTP backend, this is HINTERNET session handle.
• For CURL backend, this is a CURLM struct pointer.
• For macOS backend, this is NSURLSession object pointer.

See also

wxWebRequest::GetNativeHandle()

GetTempDir()

wxString wxWebSession::GetTempDir

(

)

const

Returns the current temporary directory.

See also

SetTempDir()

IsBackendAvailable()

static bool wxWebSession::IsBackendAvailable ( const wxString &  backend )

static

Allows to check if the specified backend is available at runtime.

Usually the default backend should always be available, but e.g. macOS before 10.9 does not have the NSURLSession implementation available.

IsOpened()

bool wxWebSession::IsOpened

(

)

const

Return true if the session was successfully opened and can be used.

New()

static wxWebSession wxWebSession::New ( const wxString &  backend = wxString() )

static

Creates a new wxWebSession object.

backend may be specified explicitly by using of the predefined wxWebSessionBackendWinHTTP, wxWebSessionBackendURLSession or wxWebSessionBackendCURL constants to select the corresponding backend or left empty to select the default backend. The default depends on the current platform: WinHTTP-based implementation is used under MSW, NSURLSession-based one under macOS and libcurl-based otherwise.

Further, if WXWEBREQUEST_BACKEND environment variable is defined, it overrides the default backend selection, allowing to force the use of libcurl-based implementation by default under MSW or macOS platforms, for example.

Use IsOpened() to check if the session creation succeeded.

Parameters

backend

The backend web session implementation to use or empty to use the default implementation as described above.

Returns

The created wxWebSession

SetTempDir()

void wxWebSession::SetTempDir

(

const wxString &

dir

)

Override the default temporary directory that may be used by the session implementation, when required.