Library: Net, HTTP support (OMHTTP) Include: omhttp.xin

Declaration

  define function HttpRequestSetProxy
              modifiable  stream   Request
     host     value       stream   Host
     port     value       integer  Port optional initial { 80 }

Argument definitions

Request

is an HTTP request object.

Host

is the URL of the proxy server

Port

is the port number on the proxy server to which you will be sending requests

Use HttpRequestSetProxy to set the proxy server to be used for an HTTP request.

Requirements

You must include the following line at the beginning of your OmniMark program:

  include "omhttp.xin"

You must create an HTTP request with HttpRequestSetFromUrl

Usage Notes

After you use HttpRequestSetProxy, you can send a request with HttpRequestSend.

Example

The following program requests the OmniMark home page via a proxy server. You should set the appropriate values of proxy-server and proxy-port for the proxy server you are using.

  include "omhttp.xin"

  global HttpRequest Request
  global HttpResponse Response global stream proxy-server initial {"proxy.mycompany.com"}
  global integer proxy-port initial {80}

  process

      HttpRequestSetFromUrl Request from "www.omnimark.com:80"
      HttpRequestSetProxy Request host proxy-server port proxy-port

      HttpRequestSend Request into Response
      do unless HttpObjectIsInError Request
          output "%n<response>%n"
          repeat over Response
              output key of Response
                  || " = "
                  || Response || "%n"
          again
      else
          local stream Report variable
          HttpObjectGetStatusReport Request into Report
          output "%n<request failed>%n"
          repeat over Report
              output Report || "%n"
          again
      done

Related Syntax    HttpRequestSend    HttpRequestSetFromUrl

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