Re: Performing a single Request

Phooey. I just noticed:

http://www.w3.org/Library/src/HTProfil.html

"Do not use preemptive profiles if you are doing PUT or POST requests."

So I've switched back to HTProfile_newRobot().

On Wednesday 28 May 2003 2:51 am, Stewart Johnson wrote:
> Hi Nino --
>
> It just so happens I'm working on this right now. Here's what I'm working
> with at the moment (cmments below):
>
> --------- begin code ----------
> #include "WWWLib.h"
> #include "WWWInit.h"
> #include "WWWSSL.h"
>
> int main ()
> {
>     HTRequest * request = NULL;
>     HTAnchor * anchor = NULL;
>     HTAssocList * formfields = NULL;
>     char uri[] = "https://accounts.internode.on.net/cgi-bin/padsl-usage";
>     char arg1[] = "username=XXXX";
>     char arg2[] = "password=YYYY";
>     formfields = HTAssocList_new();
>     HTParseFormInput(formfields, arg1);
>     HTParseFormInput(formfields, arg2);
>
>     /* create a new pre-emptive client, doesn't use event loop */
>     HTProfile_newPreemptiveClient("Sample Post Client", "0.1");
>
>     /* SSL initialisation */
>     HTSSL_protMethod_set (HTSSL_V23);
>     HTSSL_verifyDepth_set (2);
>     HTSSLhttps_init(NO);
>
>     /* Create a request */
>     request = HTRequest_new();
>
>     /* Get an anchor object for the URI */
>     anchor = HTAnchor_findAddress(uri);
>
>     /* Post the data and get the result in a chunk */
>     HTChunk * result = HTPostFormAnchorToChunk(formfields, anchor,
> request);
>
>     printf("The result from the server was: \"%s\"\n",
> HTChunk_data(result));
>
>     HTAssocList_delete(formfields);/* Clean up the form fields */
>     HTRequest_delete(request);  /* Destroy the Request object */
>     HTSSLhttps_terminate();     /* Unregister SSL app support */
>     HTProfile_delete();         /* Terminate HTTP client      */
>     return 0;
> }
>
> --------- end code ----------
>
> This seems to be heading down the right track, I'm no longer using the
> event loop. I got the idea of using HTProfile_newPreemptiveClient from:
>
> http://www.w3.org/Library/Examples/libapp_4.c
>
> The only problem now is that it's not waiting for the request to complete:
> the request is deleted before it's finished being handled:
> [stew@uno cpp]$ g++ -o runme simple.c `libwww-config --cflags`
> `libwww-config --libs` -L/usr/lib -lwwwssl
> [stew@uno]$ ./runme
> Looking up accounts.internode.on.net
> Looking up accounts.internode.on.net
> Contacting accounts.internode.on.net
> The result from the server was: "(null)"
> Interrupted!
>
> Like I said, I'm still working on it! Any ideas appreciated!
>
> Stewart.
>
> On Wednesday 28 May 2003 2:28 am, you wrote:
> > Dear Stewart,
> > I'm having the same problem too..
> >
> > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> > From: Stewart Johnson <[email protected]>
> > Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 01:27:08 +0930
> >
> > >G'day --
> > >
> > >I've been using the the W3C libwww for a little while now, and I've
> > > generally had success. I'm having trouble figuring a new problem out,
> > > and I'm looking for some advice. Hopefully someone can find the time to
> > > steer me in the right direction! :^)
> > >
> > >The tool I'm currently writing only ever needs to perform a POST request
> > > on a single server. It does this request once every half an hour, so
> > > for all intents and purposes the requests happen in isolation. I'm
> > > writing this tool in C++.
> > >
> > >I have everything working okay, but I can't help but think there's an
> > > easier (and less verbose) way to do it. I'm initialising the library,
> > > creating my HTRequest and calling HTPostFormAnchorToChunk to get my
> > > result. That all seems correct, my problem is the next part:
> > >
> > >I'm entering the eventloop using HTEventList_loop. I've previously
> > > registered a terminate_handler callback to catch the HTResponse of my
> > > HTRequest and save the status in the HTRequest's context, and then call
> > > HTEventList_stopLoop. That seems like a whole bunch of unnecessary
> > > effort. In addition, it feels ugly because the terminate_handler is a
> > > static function.
> > >
> > >Is it easy to replace the HTEventList_loop? Is there another way of
> > > firing off my single HTRequest and catching the response, preferably
> > > all within the one function, rather than using a callback?
> > >
> > >Any advice is greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > >TIA,
> > >Stewart.