Connection

Main class that is used to establish a connection and send requests to target sites.

// Gets the content of a PasteBin paste, assuming that we have received its key (`pasteBinKey`) in a prior request.
var connection = new http.Connection('http://pastebin.com/raw/');
connection.addHeader({name: ‘Content-Type’, value: ‘text/plain’});
var response = connection.getSync(pasteBinKey, '');
if (response && response.code === 200) {
  var text = '';
  response.headers.forEach(function(header) {
    text += header.name + ': ' + header.value + '\n';
  });
  text += '\n' + response.response;
  issue.addComment(text);
}

Properties

Name	Type	Description
headers	Array.<{name: String, value: String}>	A list of headers.
url	string	The URL of the target site for the connection. Can be empty, as you can specify the URI as a parameter for any request method.

Constructors

Connection

Connection(url, sslKeyName, timeout)

Creates an object that lets you establish a connection with a target site.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
url	string	The URL of the target site for the connection. Can be empty, as you can specify the URI as a parameter for any request method.
sslKeyName	string	Optional name of the SSL key that is used to establish a secure connection.
timeout	int	Optional parameter that specifies the read timeout for outgoing HTTP requests.

See Also

doSync

Methods

addHeader

addHeader(header, value)

Adds a new header to the current connection.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
header	Object, string	A header object with the structure {name: string, value: string}. If the value parameter is specified separately, the provided string is used as the name of the header.
value	string	The value that is assigned to the header. Only considered when the first parameter is specified as a string.

Return Value

Type	Description
Connection	The current connection object.

basicAuth

basicAuth(login, password)

Adds an authorization header with the value returned by the Base64.encode(login + ':' + password) function.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
login	String	The login to use for the authorization request.
password	String	The password to use for the authorization request..

Return Value

Type	Description
Connection	The current connection object.

connectSync

connectSync(uri, queryParams)

Executes a synchronous CONNECT request.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
uri	string	request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.
queryParams	Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object	The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names.

Return Value

Type	Description
Response	An object that represents an HTTP response.

deleteSync

deleteSync(uri, queryParams)

Executes a synchronous DELETE request.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
uri	string	The request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.
queryParams	Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object	The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names.

Return Value

Type	Description
Response	An object that represents an HTTP response.

doSync

doSync(requestType, uri, queryParams, payload)

Sends a synchronous HTTP request. Note that instead of passing a proper request type with this method, there are dedicated methods that correspond to each request type that you can call directly. For example, getSync or postSync.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
requestType	string	A valid HTTP request type. For a list of supported request types, see REQUEST_TYPES.
uri	string	A relative URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.
queryParams	Array.<{name: String, value: String}>	The query parameters.
payload	string, Array, Object	The payload to be sent in the request.

Return Value

Type	Description
Response	An object that represents the HTTP response.

getSync

getSync(uri, queryParams)

Executes a synchronous GET request.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
uri	String	The request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.
queryParams	Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object	The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names.

Return Value

Type	Description
Response	An object that represents an HTTP response.

headSync

headSync(uri, queryParams)

Executes a synchronous HEAD request.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
uri	string	The request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.
queryParams	Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object	The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names.

Return Value

Type	Description
Response	An object that represents an HTTP response.

optionsSync

optionsSync(uri, queryParams)

Executes a synchronous OPTIONS request.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
uri	string	request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.
queryParams	Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object	The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names.

Return Value

Type	Description
Response	An object that represents an HTTP response.

patchSync

patchSync(uri, queryParams, payload)

Executes a synchronous PATCH request.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
uri	string	The request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.
queryParams	Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object	The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names.
payload	string	The payload to be sent in the request.

Return Value

Type	Description
Response	An object that represents an HTTP response.

postSync

postSync(uri, queryParams, payload)

Executes a synchronous POST request.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
uri	string	The request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.
queryParams	Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object	The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names. If the payload parameter is empty, the query parameters are passed as a form entity.
payload	string	The payload to be sent in the request.

Return Value

Type	Description
Response	An object that represents an HTTP response.

putSync

putSync(uri, queryParams, payload)

Executes a synchronous PUT request.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
uri	string	The request URI. The complete URL is a concatenation of the string that is passed to the URL parameter in the Connection constructor and this string. If the URL parameter in the Connection constructor is empty, specify the absolute URL of the target site.
queryParams	Array.<{name: String, value: String}>, Object	The query parameters. If an object is passed, its keys are considered to be parameter names. If the payload parameter is empty, the query parameters are passed as a form entity.
payload	string	The payload to be sent in the request.

Return Value

Type	Description
Response	An object that represents an HTTP response.

Last modified: 1 July 2020