The abstract base class for an HTTP client. This is a mixin-style class; subclasses only need to implement send and maybe close, and then they get various convenience methods for free.

Implements
  • Client
Implemented by

Constructors

BaseClient()

Properties

hashCode int

Get a hash code for this object.

read-only, inherited
runtimeType Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

read-only, inherited

Operators

operator ==(other) bool

The equality operator.

inherited

Methods

close() → void

Closes the client and cleans up any resources associated with it. It's important to close each client when it's done being used; failing to do so can cause the Dart process to hang.

delete(url, { Map<String, String> headers }) Future<Response>

Sends an HTTP DELETE request with the given headers to the given URL, which can be a Uri or a String.

get(url, { Map<String, String> headers }) Future<Response>

Sends an HTTP GET request with the given headers to the given URL, which can be a Uri or a String.

Sends an HTTP HEAD request with the given headers to the given URL, which can be a Uri or a String.

patch(url, { Map<String, String> headers, body, Encoding encoding }) Future<Response>

Sends an HTTP PATCH request with the given headers and body to the given URL, which can be a Uri or a String.

post(url, { Map<String, String> headers, body, Encoding encoding }) Future<Response>

Sends an HTTP POST request with the given headers and body to the given URL, which can be a Uri or a String.

put(url, { Map<String, String> headers, body, Encoding encoding }) Future<Response>

Sends an HTTP PUT request with the given headers and body to the given URL, which can be a Uri or a String.

read(url, { Map<String, String> headers }) Future<String>

Sends an HTTP GET request with the given headers to the given URL, which can be a Uri or a String, and returns a Future that completes to the body of the response as a String.

readBytes(url, { Map<String, String> headers }) Future<Uint8List>

Sends an HTTP GET request with the given headers to the given URL, which can be a Uri or a String, and returns a Future that completes to the body of the response as a list of bytes.

send(BaseRequest request) Future<StreamedResponse>

Sends an HTTP request and asynchronously returns the response.

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

Invoked when a non-existent method or property is accessed.

inherited
toString() String

Returns a string representation of this object.

inherited