Creating a Request
The RWHttpClient classes encapsulate HTTP requests within the helper class RWHttpRequest. All HTTP requests must specify:
The method to execute on the serverThe path to the document that the method will act onThe version of the HTTP protocol that the request conforms toAny HTTP headers that are required by the type of requestExample 5 constructs an HTTP GET request to the root document of the HTTP server. The request does not include any user-defined HTTP headers, however an HTTP Host header is automatically added to the request before sending the request to the server. For more information about adding additional HTTP headers or modifying the default headers, see Adding and Removing Headers.
Example 5 – Creating a request
RWHttpRequest request(RWHttpRequest::Get, "/");
RWHttpRequest objects default to HTTP/1.1 formatted request, however the major and minor versions of the request can be set through member functions:
request.setVersion(1, 0);
This example converts the RWHttpRequest into an HTTP/1.0 request with all of the restrictions associated with HTTP/1.0 requests. Unless a server specifically cannot accept HTTP/1.1 formatted requests, use the default.
