# Qore ConnectionProvider Module Reference: ConnectionProvider::HttpBasedConnection Class Reference

ConnectionProvider::HttpBasedConnection Class Reference

base class for HTTP-based connections that need their URLs rewritten to create the real connection object More...

Inheritance diagram for ConnectionProvider::HttpBasedConnection:
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## Additional Inherited Members

Public Member Functions inherited from ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection
| constructor (string n_name, string n_desc, string n_url, bool n_monitor, *hash n_opts, hash n_urlh, *string n_safe_url)
| creates the AbstractConnection object More...
object | get (bool connect=True, *hash rtopts)
| returns the underlying connection object More...
hash< ConfigInfo > | getConfigHash ()
| returns a ConfigInfo hash of static configuration information about the connection More...
*hash | getDefaultOptions ()
| returns default options
hash< ConnectionInfo > | getInfo (bool with_password=False)
| returns a ConnectionInfo hash of information about the connection More...
*hash | getOptions ()
| returns static / initialization options
*hash | getRealOptions ()
| returns options for saving the connection's configuration information
*hash | getRuntimeOptions ()
| returns runtime options
abstract string | getType ()
| returns the string type name for the connection object
| parseTextOptions ()
| this method is called when parsing connection file definitions from text files when loading into the database More...
hash< PingInfo > | ping (bool throw_exception=False)
| returns a hash with the results of the ping operation More...
Public Attributes inherited from ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection
string | desc
| connection description
date | last_check
| date/time of last check/ping
bool | loopback = False
| set to True for loopback connections
bool | monitor
| monitoring flag
string | name
| connection name
*hash | opts
| connection options
*hash | orig_opts
| original connection options
string | safe_url
| "safe" URL (password information removed)
string | status = "not checked"
| status string; in case of a connection error this string will be the error string
bool | up = False
| connection status flag; set by monitoring or explicit pings/connections
date | updated
| date/time of last update
string | url
| connection URL (potentially with password info)
hash | urlh
| broken down URL hash (as returned by Qore::parse_url())
Static Public Attributes inherited from ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection
static *code | post_processing
| optional code for default post-processing of objects created by getImpl(); must take the object created and the connection name as arguments

## Detailed Description

base class for HTTP-based connections that need their URLs rewritten to create the real connection object