I want to create a simple HTTPClient with pion-net (Pion-net leverages boost::asio.).
Boot Version 1.49
Pion-net Version 4.11
My client should just be a able to:
- send a HTTP Request (this is working)
- receive the HTTP Response (not working)
- asynchronous code is not a must, synchronous would be ok
This is what I got:
#include <iostream>
#include "boost/asio.hpp"
#include "boost/thread.hpp"
#include "pion/net/HTTPRequestWriter.hpp"
#include "pion/net/HTTPResponseReader.hpp"
void FinishedResponseReading(pion::net::HTTPResponsePtr httpResponsePtr,
pion::net::TCPConnectionPtr tcpConnectionPtr,
const boost::system::error_code& errorCode_ref)
{
// ***************************
// this code is never reached!
// ***************************
std::cout << errorCode_ref << std::endl;
std::cout << httpResponsePtr->getContent() << std::endl;
tcpConnectionPtr->finish();
tcpConnectionPtr->close();
}
void FinishedRequestSending(const boost::system::error_code& error_code_ref,
pion::net::TCPConnectionPtr tcpConnectionPtr,
pion::net::HTTPRequest* httpRequest_ptr)
{
// ***************************
// this code is never reached!
// ***************************
pion::net::HTTPResponseReader::FinishedHandler fh =
boost::bind(FinishedResponseReading, _1, _2, _3);
pion::net::HTTPResponseReaderPtr httpResponseReaderPtr =
pion::net::HTTPResponseReader::create(tcpConnectionPtr,
*httpRequest_ptr,
fh);
httpResponseReaderPtr->receive();
}
int main()
{
boost::asio::io_service io_service;
// create and configure HTTPRequest
pion::net::HTTPRequest* httpRequest_ptr = new pion::net::HTTPRequest();
pion::net::HTTPRequestPtr httpRequestPtr(httpRequest_ptr);
httpRequest_ptr->setResource("/someService");
httpRequest_ptr->setMethod("PUT");
// create TCPConnection
pion::net::TCPConnection* tcpConnection_ptr =
new pion::net::TCPConnection(io_service);
pion::net::TCPConnectionPtr tcpConnectionPtr(tcpConnection_ptr);
// create HTTPRequestWriter
pion::net::HTTPRequestWriterPtr httpRequestWriterPtr(
pion::net::HTTPRequestWriter::create(tcpConnectionPtr,
httpRequestPtr,
boost::bind(FinishedRequestSending, _1,
tcpConnectionPtr,
httpRequest_ptr)));
// needed?
tcpConnection_ptr->setLifecycle(pion::net::TCPConnection::LIFECYCLE_KEEPALIVE);
// connect to server
tcpConnection_ptr->connect("192.168.1.14", 8080);
// send payload
httpRequestWriterPtr << "{\"someService\": \"something\"}";
httpRequestWriterPtr->send();
// ***********************************
// working fine so far! server is getting payload and is sending a HTTP Response
// but FinishedRequestSending is never reached
// ***********************************
// this is just to not exit immediately
boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(15000));
// cleanup
delete(httpRequest_ptr);
delete(tcpConnection_ptr);
return 0;
}
If you want to communicate synchronously you could do something like this:
int main()
{
boost::asio::io_service io_service
pion::net::TCPConnection tcpConnection(io_service);
pion::net::HTTPRequest httpRequest;
httpRequest.setResource("/server/resource");
httpRequest.setMethod("PUT");
httpRequest.setMinor(1);
httpRequest.setMajor(1);
httpRequest.setContent("test");
boost::system::error_code ec;
ec = tcpConnection.connect("192.168.1.1", 80); // blocks till connected or timed out
if (!ec)
{
httpRequest.send(tcpConnection, ec); // never blocks
if (!ec)
{
pion::net::HTTPResponse(httpRequest);
httpResponse.receive(tcpConnection, ec); // this might block forever :-(
// httpResponse.receive seems to be IO dependent, you can set your socket to timeout
if (!ec)
{
httpResponse.write(std::cout, ec);
}
}
}
}
if however you need a little more sophisticated approach you could
pion::net::HTTPResponseReader
to wait asynch for a server response.
header:
class MyHTTPClient {
public:
void close();
pion::net::HTTPResponsePtr blockingReceiveOrTimeout(pion::net::HTTPRequest httpRequest, boost::system::error_code& ec_ref);
MyHTTPClient(boost::asio::ip::address aServerIP, unsigned int aServerPort);
virtual ~MyHTTPClient();
private:
boost::asio::ip::address mp_serverIP;
unsigned int mp_serverPort;
boost::asio::io_service mp_ioService;
pion::net::TCPConnectionPtr mp_tcpConnectionPtr;
pion::net::HTTPResponsePtr mp_curr_httpResponsePtr;
boost::system::error_code mp_curr_errorCode;
void finishedReceiveResponse(pion::net::HTTPResponsePtr httpResponsePtr, const boost::system::error_code& error_code_ref);
};
cpp:
MyHTTPClient::MyHTTPClient(boost::asio::ip::address aServerIP, unsigned int aServerPort) : mp_serverIP(aServerIP), mp_serverPort(aServerPort)
{
mp_tcpConnectionPtr.reset(new pion::net::TCPConnection(mp_ioService));
mp_tcpConnectionPtr->setLifecycle(pion::net::TCPConnection::LIFECYCLE_KEEPALIVE);
}
MyHTTPClient::~MyHTTPClient()
{
mp_tcpConnectionPtr->close();
}
void MyHTTPClient::close()
{
mp_tcpConnectionPtr->close();
}
pion::net::HTTPResponsePtr MyHTTPClient::blockingReceiveOrTimeout(pion::net::HTTPRequest httpRequest, boost::system::error_code& error_code_ref)
{
// reinit
mp_curr_httpResponsePtr.reset();
mp_ioService.reset();
error_code_ref.clear();
// connect to server if not already connectec
if (!mp_tcpConnectionPtr->is_open())
{
error_code_ref = mp_tcpConnectionPtr->connect(mp_serverIP, mp_serverPort);
}
if (!error_code_ref)
{
// send Request
httpRequest.send(*mp_tcpConnectionPtr.get(), error_code_ref, false);
if (!error_code_ref)
{
// asynchronously wait for response (times out automatically)
pion::net::HTTPResponseReader::FinishedHandler responseReaderFinishHandler = boost::bind(&MyHTTPClient::finishedReceiveResponse, this, _1, _3);
const pion::net::HTTPRequest constHTTPRequest = httpRequest;
pion::net::HTTPResponseReaderPtr httpResponseReaderPtr = pion::net::HTTPResponseReader::create(
mp_tcpConnectionPtr,
constHTTPRequest,
responseReaderFinishHandler);
httpResponseReaderPtr->receive();
mp_ioService.run();
}
}
return mp_curr_httpResponsePtr;
}
void MyHTTPClient::finishedReceiveResponse(pion::net::HTTPResponsePtr httpResponsePtr, const boost::system::error_code& error_code_ref)
{
mp_curr_httpResponsePtr = httpResponsePtr;
}
Martin's code updated for PION 5.0.3:
httpClient.hpp:
#ifndef httpClient_HPP_INCLUDED
#define httpClient_HPP_INCLUDED
#include <pion/error.hpp>
#include <pion/http/response.hpp>
#include <pion/tcp/connection.hpp>
#include <pion/http/response_reader.hpp>
#include <boost/asio.hpp>
class httpClient
{
public:
void close();
pion::http::response_ptr blockingReceiveOrTimeout(pion::http::request httpRequest, boost::system::error_code& ec_ref);
httpClient(boost::asio::ip::address aServerIP, unsigned int aServerPort);
virtual ~httpClient();
private:
boost::asio::ip::address mp_serverIP;
unsigned int mp_serverPort;
boost::asio::io_service mp_ioService;
pion::tcp::connection_ptr mp_tcpConnectionPtr;
pion::http::response_ptr mp_curr_httpResponsePtr;
boost::system::error_code mp_curr_errorCode;
void finishedReceiveResponse(pion::http::response_ptr httpResponsePtr, const boost::system::error_code& error_code_ref);
};
#endif // httpClient_HPP_INCLUDED
httpClient.cpp:
#include "httpClient.hpp"
httpClient::httpClient(boost::asio::ip::address aServerIP, unsigned int aServerPort) : mp_serverIP(aServerIP), mp_serverPort(aServerPort)
{
mp_tcpConnectionPtr.reset(new pion::tcp::connection(mp_ioService));
mp_tcpConnectionPtr->set_lifecycle(pion::tcp::connection::LIFECYCLE_KEEPALIVE);
}
httpClient::~httpClient()
{
mp_tcpConnectionPtr->close();
}
void httpClient::close()
{
mp_tcpConnectionPtr->close();
}
pion::http::response_ptr httpClient::blockingReceiveOrTimeout(pion::http::request httpRequest, boost::system::error_code& error_code_ref)
{
// reinit
mp_curr_httpResponsePtr.reset();
mp_ioService.reset();
error_code_ref.clear();
// connect to server if not already connectec
if (!mp_tcpConnectionPtr->is_open())
{
error_code_ref = mp_tcpConnectionPtr->connect(mp_serverIP, mp_serverPort);
}
if (!error_code_ref)
{
// send Request
httpRequest.send(*mp_tcpConnectionPtr.get(), error_code_ref, false);
if (!error_code_ref)
{
// asynchronously wait for response (times out automatically)
pion::http::response_reader::finished_handler_t responseReaderFinishHandler = boost::bind(&httpClient::finishedReceiveResponse, this, _1, _3);
const pion::http::request constHTTPRequest = httpRequest;
pion::http::response_reader_ptr httpResponseReaderPtr = pion::http::response_reader::create(
mp_tcpConnectionPtr,
constHTTPRequest,
responseReaderFinishHandler);
httpResponseReaderPtr->receive();
mp_ioService.run();
}
}
return mp_curr_httpResponsePtr;
}
void httpClient::finishedReceiveResponse(pion::http::response_ptr httpResponsePtr, const boost::system::error_code& error_code_ref)
{
mp_curr_httpResponsePtr = httpResponsePtr;
}
for completness main.cpp:
#include <iostream>
#include "httpClient.hpp"
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
pion::http::request request;
std::string requestData = "asdf";
request.set_content(requestData);
httpClient client(boost::asio::ip::address::from_string("10.1.1.100"), 80);
pion::http::response_ptr response;
boost::system::error_code ec;
response = client.blockingReceiveOrTimeout(request, ec);
response->write(std::cout, ec);
return 0;
}
I am not familiar with pion-net. However, based on the version I think is being used per the naming conventions, a quick scan through the pion-net code looks as though the io_service.run()
needs to be invoked in the application code. The only place where I found pion-net explicitly invoking io_service.run()
was in the PionScheduler
types used by the Server
types.