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<p>HTTP methods. </p>
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<p>Add HTTP header key/value pair to opened HTTP request. </p>
<p>To use this function, the supplied <a class="el" href="classwiconnect_1_1_wiconnect_socket.html">WiconnectSocket</a> parameter must have been created using either <a class="el" href="group__api__socket__http.html#gac9b6c6a348f790cc8d43889dd72029f6" title="Issue HTTP GET Request. ">httpGet()</a> or <a class="el" href="group__api__socket__http.html#ga1b6a3ebdbd164f0eb683fc335ef4d365" title="Issue HTTP POST Request. ">httpPost()</a> and the 'openOnly' parameter TRUE.</p>
<p>This will add additional header to the HTTP request.</p>
<p>Use <a class="el" href="group__api__socket__http.html#gadf59ca0783b89ee32f205e33f1bd5517" title="Get the HTTP status code from HTTP request. ">httpGetStatus()</a> to issue the request.</p>
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<tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">key</td><td>Header key (e.g. 'content-type') </td></tr>
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<p>Connect to remote HTTP server. </p>
<p>This is the base method for the other HTTP methods.</p>
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<p>Each HTTP method is able to connect to a secure HTTP server. To do this, the URL string parameter must start with '<a href="https://'">https://'</a> To connect to a secure HTTP server a TLS certificate is needed. The certificate is specified in the certFilename parameter of the method (or <a class="el" href="structwiconnect_1_1_http_socket_args.html">HttpSocketArgs</a> parameter). This is the filename of an existing certificate on the module file system.</p>
<dl class="section note"><dt>Note</dt><dd>If the URL starts with '<a href="https://'">https://'</a> and no certificate filename is specified, the module's default certificate is used.</dd></dl>
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<tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">url</td><td>URL of HTTP request </td></tr>
<tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">args</td><td>Configuration <a class="el" href="structwiconnect_1_1_http_socket_args.html">HttpSocketArgs</a> for HTTP connection </td></tr>
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<p>Issue HTTP GET Request. </p>
<p>This method has the open to only 'open' the connection (disabled by default). This means a connection to the remote HTTP server is opened, but the HTTP request isn't issued. This allow for addition data to be added to the request. For instance, use <a class="el" href="group__api__socket__http.html#gabed18edc44f464bac64ce8a6dc3617ec" title="Add HTTP header key/value pair to opened HTTP request. ">httpAddHeader()</a> to add additional headers to the request. Use <a class="el" href="group__api__socket__http.html#gadf59ca0783b89ee32f205e33f1bd5517" title="Get the HTTP status code from HTTP request. ">httpGetStatus()</a> to issue the HTTP request and receive the HTTP response.</p>
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<tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">url</td><td>URL of HTTP GET request </td></tr>
<tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">openOnly</td><td>Optional, if TRUE this will only open a connection to the server (it won't issue the request) </td></tr>
<tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">certFilename</td><td>Optional, filename of existing TLS certificate on module's file system. See <a class="el" href="group__api__socket__http.html#secure_http_connection">Secure HTTP</a> </td></tr>
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<p>Get the HTTP status code from HTTP request. </p>
<p>This may be used to either issue an HTTP request of an opened HTTP connection or return the status code of a request already issued.</p>
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<dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>Result of method. See <a class="el" href="group__api__core__types.html#ga325637ed501728bd6c8c7a7982b9ce05">WiconnectResult</a> </dd></dl>
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<p>Issue HTTP HEAD Request. </p>
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<tr><td class="paramdir">[out]</td><td class="paramname">socket</td><td>HTTP <a class="el" href="classwiconnect_1_1_wiconnect_socket.html">WiconnectSocket</a> object of opened connection. </td></tr>
<tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">url</td><td>URL of HTTP HEAD request </td></tr>
<tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">certFilename</td><td>Optional, filename of existing TLS certificate on module's file system. See <a class="el" href="group__api__socket__http.html#secure_http_connection">Secure HTTP</a> </td></tr>
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<p>Issue HTTP POST Request. </p>
<p>This method has the open to only 'open' the connection which enabled by default. This means a connection to the remote HTTP server is opened, but the HTTP request isn't issued. This allow for addition data to be added to the request. Use the returned <a class="el" href="classwiconnect_1_1_wiconnect_socket.html">WiconnectSocket</a> object's 'write' methods to add POST data to the request. When all POST data has been written, use <a class="el" href="group__api__socket__http.html#gadf59ca0783b89ee32f205e33f1bd5517" title="Get the HTTP status code from HTTP request. ">httpGetStatus()</a> to issue the HTTP request and receive the HTTP response.</p>
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<tr><td class="paramdir">[out]</td><td class="paramname">socket</td><td>HTTP <a class="el" href="classwiconnect_1_1_wiconnect_socket.html">WiconnectSocket</a> object of opened connection. </td></tr>
<tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">url</td><td>URL of HTTP POST request </td></tr>
<tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">contextType</td><td>The value to go into the 'content-type' HTTP header (e.g. 'application/json') </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">certFilename</td><td>Optional, filename of existing TLS certificate on module's file system. See <a class="el" href="group__api__socket__http.html#secure_http_connection">Secure HTTP</a> </td></tr>
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