http_client Class

HTTP client class, used to maintain a connection to an HTTP service for an extended session.

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class http_client;

Members

Name	Description
http_client::http_client Constructor	Overloaded. Creates a new http_client connected to specified uri.
http_client::~http_client Destructor	Note the destructor doesn't necessarily close the connection and release resources. The connection is reference counted with the http_responses.

Name	Description
http_client::add_handler Method	Overloaded. Add an HTTP pipeline stage to the client.
http_client::client_config Method	Get client configuration object
http_client::request Method	Overloaded. Asynchronously sends an HTTP request.

Header: http_client.h, http_msg.h

Namespace: web::http::client