Allow using custom method names in wxHTTP.

Add wxHTTP::SetMethod().

Also simplify the code by determining the method to use in Connect() instead
of doing it in BuildRequest() itself.

Get rid of the now unused wxHTTP_Req enum.

Closes #15354.

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@74597 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

docs/changes.txt

@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ Major new features in this release
 
 All:
 
+- Allow using custom HTTP methods with wxHTTP (Kolya Kosenko).
 - Fix build with wxUSE_FFILE==0 (jroemmler).
 
 All (GUI):

include/wx/protocol/http.h

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public:
     wxString GetHeader(const wxString& header) const;
     int GetResponse() const { return m_http_response; }
 
+    void SetMethod(const wxString& method) { m_method = method; }
     void SetHeader(const wxString& header, const wxString& h_data);
     bool SetPostText(const wxString& contentType,
                      const wxString& data,
@@ -51,19 +52,12 @@ public:
     wxDEPRECATED(void SetPostBuffer(const wxString& post_buf));
 
 protected:
-    enum wxHTTP_Req
-    {
-        wxHTTP_GET,
-        wxHTTP_POST,
-        wxHTTP_HEAD
-    };
-
     typedef wxStringToStringHashMap::iterator wxHeaderIterator;
     typedef wxStringToStringHashMap::const_iterator wxHeaderConstIterator;
     typedef wxStringToStringHashMap::iterator wxCookieIterator;
     typedef wxStringToStringHashMap::const_iterator wxCookieConstIterator;
 
-    bool BuildRequest(const wxString& path, wxHTTP_Req req);
+    bool BuildRequest(const wxString& path, const wxString& method);
     void SendHeaders();
     bool ParseHeaders();
 
@@ -81,6 +75,7 @@ protected:
 
     // internal variables:
 
+    wxString m_method;
     wxStringToStringHashMap m_cookies;
 
     wxStringToStringHashMap m_headers;

interface/wx/protocol/http.h

@@ -90,6 +90,23 @@ public:
     */
     int GetResponse() const;
 
+    /**
+        Set HTTP method.
+
+        Set <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html">common</a>
+        or expanded HTTP method.
+
+        Overrides GET or POST methods that is used by default.
+
+        @param method
+            HTTP method name, e.g. "GET".
+
+        @since 3.0.0
+
+        @see SetPostBuffer(), SetPostText()
+    */
+    void SetMethod(const wxString& method);
+
     /**
         It sets data of a field to be sent during the next request to the HTTP server.
 

src/common/http.cpp

@@ -341,37 +341,23 @@ bool wxHTTP::Connect(const wxSockAddress& addr, bool WXUNUSED(wait))
     return true;
 }
 
-bool wxHTTP::BuildRequest(const wxString& path, wxHTTP_Req req)
+bool wxHTTP::BuildRequest(const wxString& path, const wxString& method)
 {
-    const wxChar *request;
-
-    switch (req)
+    // Use the data in the post buffer, if any.
+    if ( !m_postBuffer.IsEmpty() )
     {
-        case wxHTTP_GET:
-            request = wxT("GET");
-            break;
+        wxString len;
+        len << m_postBuffer.GetDataLen();
 
-        case wxHTTP_POST:
-            request = wxT("POST");
-            // Content length must be correct, so always set, possibly
-            // overriding the value set explicitly by a previous call to
-            // SetHeader("Content-Length").
-            if ( !m_postBuffer.IsEmpty() )
-            {
-                wxString len;
-                len << m_postBuffer.GetDataLen();
+        // Content length must be correct, so always set, possibly
+        // overriding the value set explicitly by a previous call to
+        // SetHeader("Content-Length").
+        SetHeader(wxS("Content-Length"), len);
 
-                SetHeader(wxS("Content-Length"), len);
-            }
-
-            // However if the user had explicitly set the content type, don't
-            // override it with the content type passed to SetPostText().
-            if ( !m_contentType.empty() && GetContentType().empty() )
-                SetHeader(wxS("Content-Type"), m_contentType);
-            break;
-
-        default:
-            return false;
+        // However if the user had explicitly set the content type, don't
+        // override it with the content type passed to SetPostText().
+        if ( !m_contentType.empty() && GetContentType().empty() )
+            SetHeader(wxS("Content-Type"), m_contentType);
     }
 
     m_http_response = 0;
@@ -396,15 +382,14 @@ bool wxHTTP::BuildRequest(const wxString& path, wxHTTP_Req req)
     Notify(false);
 
     wxString buf;
-    buf.Printf(wxT("%s %s HTTP/1.0\r\n"), request, path.c_str());
+    buf.Printf(wxT("%s %s HTTP/1.0\r\n"), method, path);
     const wxWX2MBbuf pathbuf = buf.mb_str();
     Write(pathbuf, strlen(pathbuf));
     SendHeaders();
     Write("\r\n", 2);
 
-    if ( req == wxHTTP_POST ) {
-        if ( !m_postBuffer.IsEmpty() )
-            Write(m_postBuffer.GetData(), m_postBuffer.GetDataLen());
+    if ( !m_postBuffer.IsEmpty() ) {
+        Write(m_postBuffer.GetData(), m_postBuffer.GetDataLen());
 
         m_postBuffer.Clear();
     }
@@ -538,7 +523,13 @@ wxInputStream *wxHTTP::GetInputStream(const wxString& path)
         return NULL;
 #endif
 
-    if (!BuildRequest(path, m_postBuffer.IsEmpty() ? wxHTTP_GET : wxHTTP_POST))
+    // Use the user-specified method if any or determine the method to use
+    // automatically depending on whether we have anything to post or not.
+    wxString method = m_method;
+    if (method.empty())
+        method = m_postBuffer.IsEmpty() ? wxS("GET"): wxS("POST");
+
+    if (!BuildRequest(path, method))
         return NULL;
 
     inp_stream = new wxHTTPStream(this);