[SOLVED] [Brook] Problem with httpclient.HttpRequest and possible
solution
lazarus / 38-Networking and Web Programming

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BigChimp · 2013-02-21 09:21

Hi all,

FYI, in a project of mine I use Brook's httpclient to get json data
from a cgi server.
The trouble is, in this code:
Code: [Select]var
  RequestResult: THTTPResult;
  VData: TJSONArray;
begin
  VData:=TJSONArray.Create; //needs to be assigned for HTTPRequest
  try
    ClearGrid(DocumentsGrid);
    RequestResult:=HttpRequest(FCGIURL+'list',VData,rmGet);
FPC 2.7.1 always seems to resolve HttpRequest to the 2nd function in
httpclient (the one where you put json data in the request), while I
just wanted a simple get without any data.

I don't know if I should somehow cast the parameters so FPC picks it
up, but a solution was to rename the second function to
HttpRequestWithData

See commit
https://bitbucket.org/reiniero/papertiger/commits/a4739fa3f63c726b16f1
ab5f30e8e01a883ac2aa

Comments welcome.

Thanks,
BigChimp

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Silvio Clécio · 2013-02-21 14:35

Hello Reiniero and buddies,

Yesterday I commited some improvements in Brook:

. BrookHttpClient;
. New Http functions;
. Improvement in REST demo etc.;

Log:

https://github.com/silvioprog/brookframework/commits/working

Please download Brook via GIT and test the new features.
HttpClient.pas was replaced by the new BrookHTTPClient (with brokers
for FCLWeb and Synapse ).

In BrookHTTPUtils, now Brook also implements new functions to make
quick requests as JSON support.

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BigChimp · 2013-02-22 05:11

Thanks, Silvio