Request property

Reference to Request object.

Type

A HttpRequest object

Remarks

Request property returns reference to the Request object, which contains information about the request that will be sent to the server. The Request Object holds information about remote document location, headers that should be sent to the server, and similar data that are needed for a request to complete successfully. Current Request is valid only until an actual method (such as Get, Put, Post...) is executed. After a method is executed, the Request Object should be cleared so new requests can be prepared.

For the HTTP/1.1 version of the HTTP protocol, both client and servers should support 'pipelined' request. That means that when the wodHttpDLX control is connected to the server, another request can be issued without reconnecting. This can be pretty useful, because there is no time wasted in re-connecting to the server and other Winsock internal actions. Since we're already connected, let's issue another request. Note that the server needs to receive a 'Connection: Keep-Alive' header if pipelined requests are expected, which will result in an open connection even if the wodHttpDLX control is idle.

The wodHttpDLX control will insert above header every time when connection to remote server is established manually through Connect method. If user does not issue Connect method manually, upon execution of any HTTP specific method (Get, Put, Post...), wodHttpDLX will automatically connect to server, issue ONLY ONE request, and disconnect from server. Please do not expect to issue pipelined request this way, because unexpected results may occur.

Platforms

Windows