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''Grzegorz Kraszewski''
 
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==Introduction==
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The ''http.stream'' class is one of Reggae stream classes, in other words data sources. In a chain of Reggae objects, a ''http.stream'' instance will be always the first object, having only one, output port. A ''http.stream'' object may be also used standalone, not connected to anything, just to retrieve any data resource reachable via HTTP protocol and particularly its GET request. From this point of view, ''http.stream'' is just embeddable HTTP/1.1 client with simple yet powerful API. A brief list of its reatures is given below:

Revision as of 18:12, 26 August 2010

Grzegorz Kraszewski

Introduction

The http.stream class is one of Reggae stream classes, in other words data sources. In a chain of Reggae objects, a http.stream instance will be always the first object, having only one, output port. A http.stream object may be also used standalone, not connected to anything, just to retrieve any data resource reachable via HTTP protocol and particularly its GET request. From this point of view, http.stream is just embeddable HTTP/1.1 client with simple yet powerful API. A brief list of its reatures is given below: