Re: Package Proposal: HTTP_Download

Hi I'm totally against breaking BC of HTTP_Request. Even with a 2.0 release.. Do avoid bloat: couldn't it be possible to make your code an extension to HTTP_Request (either with extending or somehow else )? I'm currently very busy with other stuff, so I can't invest much time in trying to merge both codes... But a solution to it would be very appreciated :) chregu On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 15:29, Stefan Walk wrote: > Hi! > > I'd like to propose a new Package for the HTTP Category, > HTTP_Download. > > It allows you to download files over HTTP, reading their size prior to > downloading them (The URL fopen wrappers don't do that), and reading > them part-by-part, so you can watch the progress (The existing package > HTTP_Request stores the complete response in an Response object right > when sending the request). It's currently pretty coarse, I will add > error handling (4xx,5xx) and better support for redirections (atm, it > only supports redirections that conform to the HTTP/1.1 RFC, yet it does > happen that servers only send relative paths instead of absolute URIs). > > You can view the source at > > http://prp0.prp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de/~swalk/HTTP_Download/Download.html > > DocBook documentation will follow when i'm familiar with the format. > > Stefan Walk -- christian stocker | bitflux GmbH | schoeneggstrasse 5 | ch-8004 zurich phone +41 1 240 56 70 | mobile +41 76 561 88 60 | fax +41 1 240 56 71 http://www.bitflux.ch | chregu@bitflux.ch | gnupg-keyid 0x5CE1DECB