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Connection

Main class that is used to establish a connection and send requests to target sites.

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Properties

Name

Type

Description

Read-only

headers

Array.<{name: String, value: String}>

A list of headers.

url

string

The URL of the target site for the connection. Can be empty, as you can specify the URI as a parameter for any request method.

Constructors


Connection

Connection(url, sslKeyName, timeout)

Creates an object that lets you establish a connection with a target site.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

url

string

The URL of the target site for the connection. Can be empty, as you can specify the URI as a parameter for any request method.

sslKeyName

string

Optional name of the SSL key that is used to establish a secure connection.

timeout

int

Optional parameter that specifies the read timeout for outgoing HTTP requests.

See Also

  • doSync

 

Methods


addHeader

addHeader(header, value)

Adds a new header to the current connection.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

header

Object, string

A header object with the structure {name: string, value: string}. If the value parameter is specified separately, the provided string is used as the name of the header.

value

string

The value that is assigned to the header. Only considered when the first parameter is specified as a string.

Return Value

Type

Description

Connection

The current connection object.

 

basicAuth

basicAuth(login, password)

Adds an authorization header with the value returned by the Base64.encode(login + ':' + password) function.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

login

String

The login to use for the authorization request.

password

String

The password to use for the authorization request..

Return Value

Type

Description

Connection

The current connection object.

 

connectSync

connectSync(uri, queryParams)

Executes a synchronous CONNECT request.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

uri

string

request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.

queryParams

Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object

The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names.

Return Value

Type

Description

Response

An object that represents an HTTP response.

 

deleteSync

deleteSync(uri, queryParams)

Executes a synchronous DELETE request.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

uri

string

The request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.

queryParams

Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object

The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names.

Return Value

Type

Description

Response

An object that represents an HTTP response.

 

doSync

doSync(requestType, uri, queryParams, payload)

Sends a synchronous HTTP request. Note that instead of passing a proper request type with this method, there are dedicated methods that correspond to each request type that you can call directly. For example, getSync or postSync.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

requestType

string

A valid HTTP request type. For a list of supported request types, see REQUEST_TYPES.

uri

string

A relative URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.

queryParams

Array.<{name: String, value: String}>

The query parameters.

payload

string, Array, Object

The payload to be sent in the request.

Return Value

Type

Description

Response

An object that represents the HTTP response.

 

getSync

getSync(uri, queryParams)

Executes a synchronous GET request.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

uri

String

The request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.

queryParams

Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object

The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names.

Return Value

Type

Description

Response

An object that represents an HTTP response.

 

headSync

headSync(uri, queryParams)

Executes a synchronous HEAD request.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

uri

string

The request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.

queryParams

Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object

The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names.

Return Value

Type

Description

Response

An object that represents an HTTP response.

 

optionsSync

optionsSync(uri, queryParams)

Executes a synchronous OPTIONS request.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

uri

string

request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.

queryParams

Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object

The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names.

Return Value

Type

Description

Response

An object that represents an HTTP response.

 

patchSync

patchSync(uri, queryParams, payload)

Executes a synchronous PATCH request.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

uri

string

The request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.

queryParams

Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object

The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names.

payload

string

The payload to be sent in the request.

Return Value

Type

Description

Response

An object that represents an HTTP response.

 

postSync

postSync(uri, queryParams, payload)

Executes a synchronous POST request.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

uri

string

The request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.

queryParams

Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object

The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names. If the payload parameter is empty, the query parameters are passed as a form entity.

payload

string

The payload to be sent in the request.

Return Value

Type

Description

Response

An object that represents an HTTP response.

 

putSync

putSync(uri, queryParams, payload)

Executes a synchronous PUT request.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

uri

string

The request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.

queryParams

Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object

The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names. If the payload parameter is empty, the query parameters are passed as a form entity.

payload

string

The payload to be sent in the request.

Return Value

Type

Description

Response

An object that represents an HTTP response.

 

Last modified: 7 March 2019