TclHttp

It is used for operations such as exchanging data over the network, communicating with web services, or sending and receiving data over the internet. TclHttp is one of a number of components from Clomosy used to create Internet pages and web-based applications. This component handles sending and receiving data over HTTP. For example, the THTTP component can be used to send an HTTP request to a web service or to retrieve data from a web page.

Feature	Use of	Definition
TclHttp	MyHttp:TclHttp;	A variable belonging to the TclHttp class is created.
Create	MyHttp:=TclHttp.Create(Nil);	A TclHttp object named MyHttp is created.
GetRequest	str:=MyHttp.GetRequest('http://ipinfo.io/json');	Sending HTTP GET request. The GetRequest function sends an HTTP GET request to the specified URL and receives the response.
Free	MyHttp.Free;	It refers to releasing a dynamically created object from memory at program run time.

Example:

Basic Syntax

Procedure getHttpRequest;
var 
 Str:String;
 MyHttp:TclHttp;
begin
 MyHttp:=TclHttp.Create(Nil);
 Try
 str:=MyHttp.GetRequest('http://ipinfo.io/json');
 ShowMessage(str);
 Finally
 MyHttp.Free;
 End;
End;

begin
 getHttpRequest;
end;

TRObject Syntax

void getHttpRequest;
var 
 Str:String;
 MyHttp:TclHttp;
{
 MyHttp=TclHttp.Create(Nil);
 Try
 {
   str=MyHttp.GetRequest('http://ipinfo.io/json');
   ShowMessage(str);
 }
 Finally
 {
   MyHttp.Free;
 }
}

{
 getHttpRequest;
}

Output:

See Also

• Web API Usage