UrlLoader.new

Available since: Gideros 2012.2.2

Description

Creates a new `UrlLoader` object.

`url` parameter specifies the URL to download. This parameter is optional and if specified loading starts immediately.

`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 or `UrlLoader.PUT`.

After loading is finished, loaded data is stored at `event.data` field of `Event.COMPLETE` event as string.

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

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

Example

local url = &quot;http://www.[yourDomain].com/application.php?userid=gideros&amp;login=guest&quot;<br />
<br />
local loader1 = UrlLoader.new(url)<br />
local loader2 = UrlLoader.new(url, UrlLoader.GET) -- same as the previous line<br />
local loader3 = UrlLoader.new(url, UrlLoader.POST, &quot;my post data&quot;)<br />
local loader4 = UrlLoader.new(url, UrlLoader.PUT, &quot;my put data&quot;)<br />
local loader5 = UrlLoader.new(url, UrlLoader.DELETE)<br />
<br />
local headers = {<br />
	[&quot;Content-Type&quot;] = &quot;application/x-www-form-urlencoded&quot;,<br />
	[&quot;User-Agent&quot;] = &quot;Gideros Browser&quot;,<br />
}<br />
local loader6 = UrlLoader.new(url, UrlLoader.PUT, headers, &quot;key=value&quot;)<br />