UrlLoader.new

Available since: Gideros 2012.2.2
Class: UrlLoader

Description

Creates a new UrlLoader object.

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

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 UrlLoader.PUT

After loading is finished, loaded data is stored as a string in the event.data field of Event.COMPLETE event.

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

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")