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matlab.net.http.RequestLine class

Package: matlab.net.http
Superclasses: matlab.net.http.StartLine

First line of HTTP request message

Description

The RequestLine class represents the first line of a request message. A request line is automatically created when you send or complete a message. You also can create a request line and pass it to the RequestMessage.send method in place of the URI argument.

Class Attributes

Sealed
true

For information on class attributes, see Class Attributes.

Creation

Description

example

obj = matlab.net.http.RequestLine(method,requestTarget,protocolVersion) creates a request line with the specified properties. You can omit trailing arguments and use [] to specify any placeholders.

obj = matlab.net.http.RequestLine(str) creates a request line by parsing str.

Input Arguments

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Request line, specified as a string or a character vector. str consists of 1-3 parts, separated by white space, specifying the Method, RequestTarget, and ProtocolVersion properties.

Properties

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Request method, specified as a matlab.net.http.RequestMethod enumeration or a string or character vector representing a request method. To send a message, set the RequestMessage.Method property or the RequestLine.Method property.

Example: 'GET'

Attributes:

GetAccess
public
SetAccess
public
Dependent
true

Protocol version, specified as a matlab.net.http.ProtocolVersion object or as a string acceptable to the constructor.

Example: 'HTTP/1.1'

Attributes:

GetAccess
public
SetAccess
public
Dependent
true

Target URI, specified as a matlab.net.URI object, or as a string or a character vector acceptable to the constructor. The RequestTarget value must be consistent with the URI you specify in a request message send or complete method.

RequestTarget contains at least a leading forward slash (/) for the Path property, even if the path is relative or empty.

When using a proxy, RequestTarget is a full URI with Scheme and Authority properties. When not using a proxy, RequestTarget must be an absolute path with an optional Query property. You specify a proxy in an HTTPOptions object.

Example: 'http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/14/images/p0714aa.jpg'

Attributes:

GetAccess
public
SetAccess
public
Dependent
true

Methods

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Examples

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Create an HTTP request line to get an image from the Hubble Heritage Project website.

import matlab.net.http.RequestLine
url = 'http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/14/images/p0714aa.jpg';
reqline = RequestLine('get',url,'HTTP/1.1');
string(reqline)
ans = 
"GET http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/14/images/p0714aa.jpg HTTP/1.1"

Version History

Introduced in R2016b